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A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of
Vietnam War Research Collections
The War in Vietnam:Papers of
William C. Westmoreland
Part I: History,Statements,andClippings Files
University Publications of America
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of
Vietnam War Research Collections
The War in Vietnam:The Papers of William C. Westmoreland
Part I: History, Statements, and Clippings Files
Project Editor and Guide compiled byRobert E. Lester
A microfilm project ofUNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA
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Copyright © 1993 by University Publications of America.All rights reserved.
ISBN 1-55655-468-0.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914–The war in Vietnam [microform]: papers of William C.
Westmoreland/project editor, Robert E. Lester.
microfilm reels.—(Vietnam War research collections)“Microfilmed from the holdings of the Lyndon Baines Johnson
Library, Austin, Texas.”Accompanied by a printed reel guide compiled by Robert E.
Lester.Contents: pt. 1. History, statements, and clippings files.ISBN 1-55655-468-0 (microfilm)1. Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914– —Archives.
2. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961–1975—United States—Sources.I. Lester, Robert. II. Lyndon Baines Johnson Library.III. University Publications of America (Firm). IV. Title.V. Series.E840.5.W4A2959.70434′092—dc20 93-21461
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Microfilmed from the holdings of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, Texas.
Table of ContentsIntroduction ...................................................................................................................................... vii
Scope and Content Note ................................................................................................................... ix
Source Note ...................................................................................................................................... x
Editorial Note .................................................................................................................................... x
Abbreviations .................................................................................................................................... xi
RVN Map ........................................................................................................................................... xiv
Reel Index
Reel 1Finding Aid ............................................................................................................................... 1
History Backup Files[30 March 1962–15 February 1964] ........................................................................................ 1
Reel 2[15 February 1964 cont.–8 October 1964] .............................................................................. 2
Reel 3[1 September 1964 cont.–31 December 1964] ....................................................................... 3
Reel 4[1 January 1965–7 May 1965] .................................................................................................. 3
Reel 5[27 March 1965 cont.–28 August 1965] ................................................................................... 4
History Files[29 August 1965–20 December 1965] ..................................................................................... 5
Reel 6[25 October 1965 cont.–28 May 1966] ................................................................................... 6
Reel 7[24 April 1966 cont.–12 December 1966] ............................................................................... 7
Reel 8[30 October 1966 cont.–25 March 1967] ................................................................................ 8
Reel 9[27 January 1967 cont.–1 July 1967] ....................................................................................... 10
Reel 10[1 June 1967 cont.–9 September 1967] ................................................................................... 10
Reel 11[21 August 1967 cont.–28 November 1967] ............................................................................ 11
Reel 12
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[13 November 1967 cont.–29 February 1968] ........................................................................ 12
Reel 13[2 February 1968 cont.–30 April 1968] ................................................................................... 13
Reel 14[1 April 1968 cont.–30 June 1968]........................................................................................... 14
Reel 15[1 June 1968 cont.–30 June 1970] ........................................................................................... 15
Reel 16[1 January 1970 cont.–30 June 1971] ...................................................................................... 15
Reel 17[1 January 1971 cont.–3 July 1972] ......................................................................................... 16
Public Statements[General/Analysis] .................................................................................................................... 16
Reel 18[General/Analysis] cont. ........................................................................................................... 17COMUSMACV (W.C.W.) ........................................................................................................... 17COMUSMACV (W.C.W.) “Backgrounders” ................................................................................ 17CSA (W.C.W.) Statements ......................................................................................................... 18
ClippingsMiscellaneous ........................................................................................................................... 19Officials .................................................................................................................................... 19
Reel 19Officials cont. ........................................................................................................................... 19Analysts, Journalists, and Writers ............................................................................................. 21
Reel 20Analysts, Journalists, and Writers cont. ..................................................................................... 22
Reel 21Analysts, Journalists, and Writers cont. ..................................................................................... 23Vietnam General [Subjects] ..................................................................................................... 24
Reel 22Vietnam General [Subjects] cont. ............................................................................................. 25Vietnam War ............................................................................................................................. 25
Reel 23Vietnam Campaigns ................................................................................................................. 27U.S. Strategy ............................................................................................................................. 27NVN Strategy ........................................................................................................................... 28SVN Officials ............................................................................................................................ 29[U.S./Foreign] Military Leaders ................................................................................................ 29Philosophy of War .................................................................................................................... 29Historical Issues [and General/Foreign]................................................................................... 29VC/NVA/Chinese Officials et al. ............................................................................................... 30Military Leaders, Pre-W[orld]W[ar] II ...................................................................................... 30Commanders in Chief .............................................................................................................. 30General Military ....................................................................................................................... 30General Foreign ....................................................................................................................... 31National Security Affairs ........................................................................................................... 31
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Military Writers ........................................................................................................................ 31
Reel 24Military Writers cont. ............................................................................................................... 32International Affairs ................................................................................................................. 32Army Issues .............................................................................................................................. 32General Domestic Issues .......................................................................................................... 33Ellsberg Case ............................................................................................................................ 33Adelphi Papers ......................................................................................................................... 33
InterviewsCharles B. MacDonald’s Interviews and Notes with General William C. Westmoreland .......... 33
Reel 25Charles B. MacDonald’s Interviews and Notes with General William C. Westmoreland cont. .. 34Charles B. MacDonald’s Interviews and Notes with Contemporary Military Figures
regarding General William C. Westmoreland ....................................................................... 34
Fonecons[February 1968–October 1968] ............................................................................................... 34
Subject Index .................................................................................................................................... 35
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IntroductionNo conflict in recent history has divided America as much as the war in Vietnam. Questions
remain regarding the Johnson administration’s policy of gradual response, the effectiveness of thesearch and destroy strategy, and the Americanization of the war. The Papers of William C.Westmoreland will go far in providing the background for an understanding of U.S. involvement inand escalation of the war in South Vietnam.
On June 20, 1964, General William C. Westmoreland assumed command of the Military AssistanceCommand, Vietnam (MACV). For the next four years, Westmoreland engineered the buildup andconsolidation of U.S. military forces in South Vietnam. This buildup included the initiation of a warof attrition at the behest of the Johnson administration’s foreign policymakers; development of oneof the largest military logistical support organizations for U.S., Allied, and South Vietnamese forces inhistory; and “presentation of sound evidence of progress in Vietnam.”
MACV, under Westmoreland’s command, was the primary U.S. military, and in many respectspolitical, policy-formulating and implementing body in South Vietnam. Westmoreland asCOMUSMACV (Commander, U.S. MACV) controlled all army elements, managed the U.S. militaryadvisory and assistance efforts, advised the U.S. ambassador, and oversaw many Allied units andagencies in South Vietnam. Throughout his tenure as COMUSMACV, Westmoreland maintained theobjective of MACV—“to assist the Government of Vietnam [South Vietnam] and its armed forces todefeat externally-directed and supported Communist subversion and aggression and attain anindependent South Vietnam functioning in a secure environment”—in the forefront of hisoperational planning, in discussions with Washington regarding troop force levels and strategy, andin the search for peace and public concensus on the war.
Through Westmoreland’s papers, the researcher will be able to trace U.S. concerns with SouthVietnamese political instability and faltering military situation, decisions leading to the increase inU.S. support and advisory units, the need for South Vietnamese national mobilization (early attemptsto persuade SVN that “American boys will not fight for something that Asian boys will not”),contingency plans for use of U.S. combat forces, and the rise in U.S. casualties. Following U.S.combat intervention in March 1965, these papers outline changes in strategy due to thedeteriorating South Vietnamese military situation, implementation of ROLLING THUNDERoperations, various major operations for the next three years, enemy strength issue, training andrefitting the South Vietnamese military, and establishment of a stable government in Saigon.
Upon retirement of Army Chief of Staff General Earle Wheeler, Lyndon Johnson appointedWestmoreland. Westmoreland accepted the appointment with mixed emotions and retained thepositionof Army Chief of Staff from July 1968 to his retirement in June 1972. During his tenure,Westmoreland’s primary concerns were the continued support for U.S. Army forces in Vietnam andthe reorientation and revitalization of the army to meet future roles in support of national policy. Hehoped that identifying these concerns would assist in repairing the erosion of popular support that
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was inevitable in the course of America’s longest and most controversial war, a war in which thearmy bore the major burden. He launched a public relations campaign to rebuild this popularsupport in the face of antimilitarism, racial discontent, budget restrictions, troop reductions, drugabuse and other problems that posed greater tests of perseverance and ingenuity than thebattlefield.
The researcher will be able to trace Westmoreland’s dual role in the army establishment. As seniorarmy officer, his accomplishments and efforts in areas of army discipline, logistics, management,training, reorientation, and combat readiness are discussed. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,his role as an advisor on policy and military operations is described in detail.
In conclusion, the Westmoreland Papers provides an in-depth analysis of the Vietnam War and itschief architect. These papers will provide the researcher with the background to understand theman, his decisions, and his manipulation by Washington. In justification of his role in the war,
Introduction
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Westmoreland states, “I was sharply conscious that I was a military man, charged not with making[national] policy but with executing it. Yet if the National Security Council and the Presidentdeemed it in the interest of the U.S. to save the South Vietnamese from communism, I bore theresponsibility as the American military commander in Vietnam to advise from a military standpointwhat had to be done to achieve that goal.”
Robert E. Lester
Scope And Content NoteThe William C. Westmoreland Papers describe the activities of the commander of the U.S. Military
Assistance Command, Vietnam, between the years 1964 and 1968. The papers consist ofcorrespondence, memoranda, cables, and reports submitted and/or generated by Westmoreland, hisstaff, components of MACV, and subordinate service organizations. In addition, there isdocumentation generated by and/or submitted to the U.S. ambassador, embassy staff, MissionCouncil, and the South Vietnamese government. There are also materials that documentWestmoreland’s tenure as Army Chief of Staff, July 1968–July 1972. These materials consist primarilyof clippings, correspondence, memoranda, and reports. They provide background information for anobjective and authoritative account of his continued role in the Vietnam War and international
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affairs.The documentation in the Westmoreland Papers is subdivided into several groupings. These
include: History Backup #1–17, March 30, 1962–August 28, 1965; History File #1–#41, August 29,1965–July 3, 1972; COMUSMACV and C.S.A. Statements; and Clippings Files. In addition, thiscollection includes the interviews conducted by Charles B. MacDonald for use in GeneralWestmoreland’s book, A Soldier Reports. The final group of documents in this collection consists ofPhonecons (Fonecons). These phone conversation memoranda highlight the period from January toOctober 1968, including the Tet Offensive, its aftermath, and the U.S. response.
Source NoteThe documents reproduced in this micropublication are donated historical materials in the
custody of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, Texas.
Editorial NoteThe documents in this micropublication were filmed from the series entitled “Papers of William
C. Westmoreland.” While the entire series has not been processed, this microform publicationincludes those materials processed and opened as of January 1993. The unprocessed portions of theWestmoreland Papers will be processed by the Johnson Library at a later date. UPA has also filmedthe “Document Withdrawal Sheets” in each folder. The document withdrawal sheet itemizes thedocuments that have been removed (withdrawn) from the folder due to national security and/orprivacy restrictions by the Johnson Library.
UPA has microfilmed the opened portions of the “Papers of William C. Westmoreland” as they are
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arranged at the Johnson Library. The file folders are generally arranged in chronological order in theHistory Backup and History Files and in portions of the Clippings files. The remaining folders aregenerally arranged alphabetically by name and/or subject. The individual documents comprisingeach folder are usually in chronological order, with the exception of the Fonecons, which are inreverse chronological order.
In addition, individual documents have been numbered by the Johnson Library. The researchershould consult the microfilmed “Document Withdrawal Sheets” upon locating a missing number. Thenumber on the document corresponds to the assigned document number on the withdrawal sheets.Photocopies of the Charles B. MacDonald interviews included in this publication were openedduring the filming process and included by UPA.
AbbreviationsThe following abbreviations are used frequently in this guide and are spelled out here for the
convenience of the user.
AB U.S. Army designation, followed by code number, for campaign plans
ACTIV U.S. Army Concept Team in Vietnam [evaluated communication and otherunit problems in the field and provided solution using technology]
AID U.S. Agency for International Development
ANZAC Australian–New Zealand Army Corps
ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam
B–3 Front VC military command organization
B-25 U.S. Air Force bomber
CIDG Civilian Irregular Defense Group
CIIB Current Intelligence Indication Bureau
CIIC Current Intelligence Indication Center
CINC Commander-in-Chief
CINCSEA Commander-in-Chief, Southeast Asia [proposed combined/interservicecommand organization]
CMR (CMD) Capitol Military Region (Capitol Military District) (military areasurrounding Saigon)
COMUSMACV Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
CORDS Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development
CSA Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
CS agents Riot control, nonlethal tear gas used primarily in clearing enemy tunnels
CTZ Corps tactical zone
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DMZ Demilitarized Zone
DOD Department of Defense
FFV Field Force, Vietnam
FULRO Front Unifie de Lutte de la Tace Opprimee [United Front for the Struggleof Oppressed Races]. A movement for Montagnard political autonomy.
FWMAF Free World Military Assistance Force
FY Fiscal year
GVN Government of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
H.R. House Resolution
ICC International Control Commission
ICEX Intelligence Coordination and Exploitation [for the elimination of the VCinfrastructure]
JUSPAO Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office
KANZUS Korea, Australia, New Zealand, U.S. international force
LBJ Lyndon B. Johnson
LOI Letter of Instructions
M-16 7.62mm lightweight automatic rifle
MAAGV Military Assistance and Advisory Group, Vietnam
MACV Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
MACVForward Satellite headquarters unit established directly by COMUSMACV. Itexercised control over all joint combat and logistics forces in I Corps areaand later became headquarters for Provisional Corps, Vietnam.
MTT Mobile Training Team
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBC National Broadcasting Company
NLF National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
NVN North Vietnam; North Vietnamese
OPLANs Operation plans
PF Popular Forces
PHILCAGV Philippine Civic Action Group, Vietnam
POWs Prisoners of War
PRC People’s Republic of China
PSYOP Psychological operations
PSYWAR Psychological warfare
RD Revolutionary Development
RECONDO Reconnaissance/Commando
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RF Regional Force
RMK Raymond, Morris, Knudson [civilian construction contractor in SVN]
ROK Republic of Korea
ROKFV Republic of Korea Forces, Vietnam
RVN Republic of Vietnam
RVNAF Armed Forces of the Republic of Vietnam
S. Senate bill
SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
SEA Southeast Asia
SEACOORD Diplomat-military organization comprising U.S. ambassadors to Laos,Cambodia, RVN, and Thailand and COMUSMACV. It discussed theprosecution of the war in Vietnam and efforts to contain the spreadingCommunist insurgency in Southeast Asia.
SEATO Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SVN South Vietnam; South Vietnamese
III MAF III Marine Amphibious Force
U.K. United Kingdom
UN United Nations
U.S. United States
USARV U.S. Army, Vietnam
USIS U.S. Information Service [in-country office of the U.S. Information Agency]
USMACTHAI U.S. Military Assistance Command, Thailand
USMC U.S. Marine Corps
USOM U.S. Operations Mission
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
VC Viet Cong [South Vietnamese Communists]
VNAF South Vietnamese Air Force
W.C.W. William C. Westmoreland
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Reel IndexEntries in this index refer to specific file folders within The War in Vietnam: Papers of William C. Westmoreland, Part 1:
History, Statements, and Clippings Files. The documentation in this collection has been divided into six groups. The first andsecond consist of the History Backup and History Files highlighting various subjects and correspondents during GeneralWestmoreland’s military career as COMUSMACV and CSA. These two groupings contain the most historically significantmaterial. The third group pertains to the Public Statements files consisting of the various speeches and backgroundinformation compiled by Westmoreland. The fourth group consists of a clippings file compiled by Westmoreland andhighlighting topics of interest and/or as background on a particular individual or subject. Many of the files are arranged bysubject in alphabetical order, but there are runs of documentation subdivided by chronology. The fifth and sixth groups wereadded at the time of filming. The Interviews group is explained on page 32. The sixth group consists of Fonecons (memorandaof telephone conversations) of the crucial period in the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, February 1968–October 1968.These fonecons are subdivided chronologically, but individual documents in each folder are in reverse chronological order.
In the interest of accessing material in these files, this index denotes significant events, issues, actions, organizations andindividuals, and policies under the heading Major Topics. Dates in parenthesis denote changes or specific time periods andhave been added by the indexer to further identify the file folder and its contents. In addition, descriptive information addedto the folder titles have also been included in brackets. Information in parenthesis within file folder titles was added by theJohnson Library and/or by the original organizers of the Westmoreland papers.
The four-digit number on the far left represents the frame number at which the file folders begin. The researcher is referredto page xi for a list of the abbreviations. The abbreviations RVN and GVN are interchangeable and the abbreviation SVN couldbe read as South Vietnam or South Vietnamese.
Reel 10001 Finding Aid. 13pp.
History Backup Files[30 March 1962–30 April 1964]
Box 10014 #1 (History Backup) (I) 30 March 1962–November 1963. 179pp.
Major Topics: MAAGV lessons learned reports; 1962 military situation [Serong Report].0193 #1 (History Backup) (II) 30 March 1962–November 1963. 191pp.
Major Topics: MAAGV, lessons learned reports; 1963 military situation; Strategic HamletsProgram; U.S.–ARVN strategy; PSYWAR and civic action operations; 1963 military situationfollowing change of government [Serong Report].
0384 #2 (History Backup) (I) January 1964–4 February 1964. 81pp.Major Topics: Reading File “Vietnam” briefing materials; pacification; U.S. objectives; SEA
military forces; U.S. military presence in RVN; ACTIV tests.0465 #2 (History Backup) (II) January 1964–4 February 1964. 118pp.
Major Topics: Press on Westmoreland appointment and military situation in RVN; John PaulVann; Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.–Paul Harkins relations; David Halberstam; “clear and hold”operational strategy; civic action operations; logistical system; command and coordinationstructure; Korea-Indochina comparison.
0583 #3 (History Backup) (I) 17 February 1964–30 April 1964. 202pp.Major Topics: Binh Dai “Search and Destroy” Operation; GVN public relations plan;
Pacification Committee meeting minutes; U.S. Special Forces; U.S. Mission Teamorganizational structure; intelligence activities; Cao Dai and Hoa Hao sects; U.S. military
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aid, funds, and personnel to RVN; counterinsurgency strategy.0785 #3 (History Backup) (II) 17 February 1964–30 April 1964. 177pp.
Major Topics: Ethnic groups in Highlands; “federation” idea of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia;Psychological Operations Committee; Pacification Committee meeting minutes; RVNmedical facilities; U.S. buildup of ARVN.
Box 20962 #4 (History Backup) (I) 15 February 1964. 79pp.
Major Topics: VC infiltration; III Corps Border and Population Control OPLAN; Long AnProvince control plan.
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[15 February 1964 cont.–8 October 1964]Box 2 cont.0001 #4 (History Backup) (I) 15 February 1964 cont. 26pp.
Major Topic: An Xuyen Province Quarantine OPLAN.0027 #4 (History Backup) (II) 15 February 1964. 143pp.
Major Topics: RVNAF border control plan; An Xuyen Province Quarantine OPLAN; naval andinland waterways patrol plans and operations; captured enemy ordnance; Mekong Rivernavigation; VC infiltration.
0170 #5 (History Backup) (I) 6 May 1964–30 May 1964. 137pp.Major Topics: Military situation; local and regional militia forces situation; province
administrators statistics; Critical Provinces Report.0307 #5 (History Backup) (II) 6 May 1964–30 May 1964. 133pp.
Major Topics: Critical Provinces Report and notes on objectives; U.S. ordnance used in RVN;Mobile Action Cadre (New Life Hamlet Construction Cadre); James P. Spruill.
0440 #6 (History Backup) (I) 1 June 1964–3 August 1964. 150pp.Major Topics: Honolulu Conference materials; military situation; U.S. support of Chien Thang
National Pacification Plan; U.S. advisory effort; MACV Information Program; USMACTHAIinformation; casualty comparisons; Westmoreland-Khanh meetings; U.S. Mission–GVNorganization and relations.
0590 #6 (History Backup) (II) 1 June 1964–3 August 1964. 151pp.Major Topics: MACV morale and welfare programs and directives; MACV Executive Council;
U.S. advisory effort; U.S. military manpower; RVNAF morale situation; PreparednessInvestigating Subcommittee, Senate Armed Services Committee allegations; notes onassumption of command speech.
Box 30741 #7 (History Backup) (I) 27 July 1964–31 August 1964. 108pp.
Major Topics: U.S. advisor’s observations on Vietnam situation; U.S.–RVN combined commandorganization; press relations and Herndon Incident; U.S. PSYWAR and Civic ActionConference; Westmoreland-Khanh meeting; PRC; Maddox incident; cross borderoperations.
0849 #7 (History Backup) (II) 27 July 1964–31 August 1964. 91pp.Major Topics: Proposed Ninth MEB [Marine Expeditionary Brigade] landing exercise; GVN
political [Military Revolutionary Council] situation; HOP TAC Program redeployments;Buddhists/students–GVN political crisis; Westmoreland-Khanh meeting.
0940 #8 (History Backup) (I) 1 September 1964–8 October 1964. 86pp.Major Topics: Westmoreland-Khanh meeting; GVN political situation; RVNAF manpower;
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MACV buildup; HOP TAC Program briefing; utilization of U.S. air assets.
Reel 3History Backup Files cont.
[1 September 1964 cont.–31 December 1964]Box 3 cont.0001 #8 (History Backup) (I) 1 September 1964–8 October 1964 cont. 29pp.
Major Topics: Do Cao Tri; Mekong River navigation; HOP TAC Program activities; Raday[Rhade] Movement and seizure of Camp Buon Sarpa [Bon Sar Pa].
0030 #8 (History Backup) (II) 1 September 1964–8 October 1964. 175pp.Major Topics: Raday [Rhade] Movement and seizure of Camp Buon Sarpa [Bon Sar Pa]; HOP
TAC Program; pacification and cadre support; civic action; U.S. Mission and RVNAFManpower Committee; refueling of Nguyen Khanh’s helicopter; Saigon press analyses;military assessment reports.
0205 #9 (History Backup) (I) 9 October 1964–13 November 1964. 144pp.Major Topics: HOP TAC Program activities; lessons learned—ambush; military activities
assessment; Westmoreland-Minh discussions; CIDG Program; Laos; I Corps situation;political situation; High National Council; II Corps situation; U.S. Army advisory efforts; U.S.military strength; HOP TAC organization; III Corps situation; GVN organization chart.
0349 #9 (History Backup) (II) 9 October 1964–13 November 1964. 117pp.Major Topics: “Leverage” sanctions; military activities assessment; HOP TAC Program activities;
GVN reorganization; Westmoreland-Khanh meetings; MACV-USOM-USIS Provincial Report;NVN.
Box 40466 #10 (History Backup) (I) 14 November 1964–7 December 1964. 142pp.
Major Topics: Life magazine symposium on SVN political and military situation; questions andU.S. Mission Council responses at symposium; military activities assessment; U.S. SpecialForces; RVNAF manpower; U.S. operational control of pacification; SVN nationalmobilization measures; McNamara-Khanh meetings.
0608 #10 (History Backup) (II) 14 November 1964–7 December 1964. 175pp.Major Topics: HOP TAC Program activities; incompetent SVN province chiefs; Westmoreland-
Khanh meetings; RVNAF functional objectives; investigation of Bien Hoa Incident;Westmoreland-Ky conversations on political conditions; RVNAF strength; MACVmanpower; presidential instructions on SVN situation; “international force” proposal; IIICorps situation; MACV-USOM-USIS Provincial Report.
0783 #11 (History Backup) (I) 7 December 1964–31 December 1964. 120pp.Major Topics: Ambassador Taylor on Washington attitudes toward SVN; Westmoreland-Khanh
meetings; pacification; HOP TAC Program activities; Third Country assistance; PF; NguyenHuu Co; December 2 meeting of RVNAF generals in Dalat; RVN Provisional Charter[constitution].
0903 #11 (History Backup) (II) 7 December 1964–31 December 1964. 117pp.Major Topics: SVN military situation; handling of enemy infiltration issue; SVN political
situation; HOP TAC Program activities; Montagnard situation; military activities assessment;U.S. military advisory organization; GVN complaint against Ambassador Maxwell Taylor andeffect on political situation; U.S. presidential comments on bombing reprisals and handlingof the GVN.
Reel 4History Backup Files cont.[1 January 1965–7 May 1965]
Box 4 cont.0001 #12 (History Backup) (I) 1 January 1965–22 January 1965. 132pp.
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Major Topics: New Life Hamlet Improvement Program; HOP TAC Program activities; GVNpolitical crisis; Armed Forces Council; military activities assessment; U.S. securityrequirements and request for thirty-four battalions; U.S./Third Country combat forcesrecommendation; Westmoreland-Khanh meetings; motivational training for PF; evacuationof U.S. dependents issue; Phase II operations in response to NVN provocations.
0133 #12 (History Backup) (II) 1 January 1965–22 January 1965. 150pp.Major Topics: Military activities assessment; MACV-USOM-USIS Provincial Report; Match
article on VC; International Military Assistance Force; politico-military crisis; issue ofevacuation of U.S. dependents; reprisals against NVN issue; Armed Forces Policy Council;HOP TAC Program activities; VC photographs used in Match article.
Box 50283 #13 (History Backup) (I) 21 January 1965–28 February 1965. 156pp.
Major Topics: Military activities assessment; issue of evacuation of U.S. dependents; politicalcrisis and Huong government; Westmoreland-Khanh meetings; anti-Americandemonstrations; U.S. military strength; RVNAF counterinsurgency roles and mission;McGeorge Bundy visit to RVN; Phase II operations decision; HOP TAC Program activities;combined reprisal operational planning; government reorganization.
0439 #13 (History Backup) (II) 21 January 1965–28 February 1965. 201pp.Major Topics: Combined air [reprisal] operational planning; military activities assessment;
MACV-USOM-USIS Provincial Report; Westmoreland-Khanh meetings; recommendations onU.S. and ROK deployments; “U.S. commitment to the war” issue; Ninth MEB [MarineExpeditionary Brigade] deployment to Danang; security situation: in-country U.S. airoperations.
0640 #14 (History Backup) (I) 1 March 1965–26 March 1965. 163pp.Major Topics: U.S.–Allied combat operations concept; combined reprisal [ROLLING
THUNDER] strikes procedures; military activities assessment; deployment of Ninth U.S.Marine Expeditionary Brigade [MEB]; “international combat force for northern RVN”proposal; HOP TAC Program activities; FARMGATE Program; U.S. aircraft use in SVN; airstrikes in Daksut District, Kontum Province; objectives of U.S. air operations in NVN; U.S.military advisors and support role; pacification organization and functions; basis forincreased U.S. deployments to RVN.
0803 #14 (History Backup) (II) 1 March 1965–26 March 1965. 185pp.Major Topic: Commander’s Estimate of the Military Situation in SVN.
0988 #15 (History Backup) (I) 27 March 1965–7 May 1965. 42pp.Major Topics: U.S.–Allied deployment recommendations; April Washington Consultations and
“presidential decision to not force pace of the war”; U.S. military command organization inRVN; targeting for air strikes.
Reel 5History Backup Files cont.
[27 March 1965 cont.–28 August 1965]Box 5 cont.0001 #15 (History Backup) (I) 27 March 1965–7 May 1965 cont. 47pp.
Major Topics: U.S. deployment planning; Combined Staff, Vietnam [U.S.–RVNAF organization];encadrement of U.S. troops with ARVN issue; joint U.S.–GVN non-military programs.
0048 #15 (History Backup) (II) 27 March 1965–7 May 1965. 114pp.Major Topics: MACV–CINCRVNAF organizational charts; Senator Thomas J. Dodd’s RVN visit;
deployments; U.S. military strength; joint U.S.–GVN Council meeting; Honolulu Meeting[April 1965]; McNamara Memoranda on actions and objectives from Honolulu Meeting;Australia; deployment of Third Country forces; Armed Forces Council; Westmoreland-Thieu-Minh meetings; Danang air defense and NVN air capabilities.
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Box 60162 #16 (History Backup) (I) 10 May 1965–30 June 1965. 120pp.
Major Topics: Assistance-in-Kind Funds; combined command; Westmoreland-Minh meeting;Tan Son Nhut air base defense; Rural Reconstruction; Nguyen Van Thieu; role of GVN civillaw in counterinsurgency; political and military situation; authority for commitment of U.S.combat forces; mission of U.S. forces in RVN; 173d Airborne Brigade deployment;Australian troop deployment.
0282 #16 (History Backup) (II) 10 May 1965–30 June 1965. 109pp.Major Topics: Psychological implications of U.S. buildup in RVN; GVN agrarian reform policy;
ceasefire considerations; deployments; Westmoreland-Co meeting; combined militaryprograms; MACV and subordinate commands; USARV command report; SEA unifiedcommand issue; USMACTHAI.
0391 #17 (History Backup) (I) 1 July 1965–28 August 1965. 95pp.Major Topics: Deployment requests; unsuitability of armor in SVN; GVN mobilization; RVNAF
strength; B-52 air strike results; ROLLING THUNDER Operations; Montagnard situation;Nha Trang claims; Historical Branch activities; U.S. relative rank problem.
0486 #17 (History Backup) (II) 1 July 1965–28 August 1965. 177pp.Major Topics: MACV Fact Sheets; RVNAF WACs [Women’s Air Corps]; Australian air operations;
Critique of Counterinsurgency Operations, Vietnam, 5 July 1965; noncombatantcasualties issue.
History Files[29 August 1965–20 December 1965]
0663 #1 History File (I) 29 August 1965–24 October 1965. 141pp.Major Topics: 1st Cavalry Division; infiltration issue; HOP TAC Program activities; B-52 and in-
country air operations; Combined Tactical Conference meetings; Westmoreland’s in-country visits; Westmoreland-Co meetings; press censorship issue; ROK commandnegotiations; Air Force role in war; handling of POWs; use of CS agents; noncombatantcasualties; “Nine-Rules of Conduct” card; drawdown study; Joint U.S. Board to Study TacticalAir Firepower; counterinsurgency campaign; interference in B-52 strike operations; U.S.tactics and techniques.
0804 #1 History File (II) 29 August 1965–24 October 1965. 155pp.Major Topics: U.S. tactics and techniques; Field Force Headquarters, Vietnam [Task Force
ALPHA]; HOP TAC Program; 173d Airborne Brigade; New Zealand Artillery Battery; use ofCS agents in Iron Triangle; use of dog units; Phase II force requirements; sea infiltrationissue; pacification/Rural Construction; U.S. Air Force and interservice rivalry;Westmoreland-Ulysses S.G. Sharp conference; air defense deployments; Australian Forces,Vietnam; 1st Division deployment; ICC; 33d ARVN Ranger Battalion abuse of civilians; IIIMAF; Westmoreland-Co meetings; congressional delegation visit; American civilian/soldier–SVN police relations; Mary Martin; B-52 Strike Program; U.S. Marine Corps; civic action;field hospitals; ROK “Tiger” Division; RVNAF–U.S. combined operations planning; Tactical
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Air Firepower Study; Nha Trang Commanders Conference.
Box 70959 #2 History File (I) 25 October–20 December 1965. 66pp.
Major Topics: Investigating subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee regardingshortages; ROK military forces; inflation; Dr. Henry Kissinger; MACV staff members; NhaTrang Commanders Conference; 1st Division; USARV; U.S. governors visit; GVN Police FieldForce; communications situation; press on U.S.–ANZAC relations; Laos and Ho Chi MinhTrail; DMZ violation.
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[25 October 1965 cont.–28 May 1966]Box 7 cont.0001 #2 History File (II) 25 October–20 December 1965. 139pp.
Major Topics: Nha Trang Commanders Conference; VC Cambodian sanctuaries; ICC; Pleikuoperations; press reporting of operations; U.S. 1st Air Cavalry; U.S. 1st Division; MACVInformation Officers Conference; Battle of Plei Me; enemy buildup; I Corps operations;DMZ air operational procedures; ARVN desertion problem; port situation; CongressmanBrooks Hays and use of nuclear weapons; TIGER HOUND air operations along Ho ChiMinh Trail; GVN National Police; Pleiku Incident between U.S. and ARVN troops; LOI-4regarding USMC operations in I Corps; McNamara visit; M-16 rifles; Phase II deployments;RVNAF force requirements; proposed SVN home guard units; U.S. strategy; ROK militaryforces; U.S. military construction situation; U.S. aircraft for VNAF; Central Highlandssecurity situation; pacification; chronology of U.S. escalation; enemy weaponry; HonoluluConference (December 11).
0140 #3 History File 20 December 1965–29 January 1966. 216pp.Major Topics: Holiday ceasefire issue; New Zealand Artillery Battery; Delta (IV Corps)
situation; III Corps situation; U.S. aircraft for VNAF; U.S.–RVNAF campaign plan; U.S. 1stDivision; U.S. 173d Airborne Brigade; Edward Lansdale; Rural Construction; U.S. air forcesin RVN; riverine force concept; escalation issue; I Corps situation and enemy buildup;USMC–ARVN relations; press; II Corps Commanders Conference; engineer allocations;malaria situation; SVN inflation issue; Hau Nghia Province operations; interdiction ofinfiltration routes; ROK military forces; ARVN Airborne Brigade situation; NavalComponent Command; USMC activities; visit to U.S. Special Forces–CIDG camps;transportation; Montagnards; MACV Engineer concept; U.S. 25th Division; area denialweapons; Operations CRIMP and MARAUDER; Armed Force Television programming;possible operations in Laos; SEACOORD Meeting; CIDG–RF conversion issue; Nguyen VanThieu on U.S. bombing pause; ARVN leadership training; Saigon Port Authority.
0356 #4 History File 30 January–13 March 1966. 240pp.Major Topics: FULRO Movement and U.S. Special Forces troops; CIDG–RF conversion;
construction projects; Phase II deployments; Honolulu Conference; “length of the war”issue; lessons learned survey; Rural Construction and pacification; 1966 militaryoperational effectiveness program; RVNAF desertion problem; Declaration of Honolulu; CuChi area operations; air operations; riverine force concept; Republic of China [ROC]military delegation visit; Nha Trang Commanders Conference; U.S. 1st Cavalry Division; WarZone C operations; Checkerboard operational concept; Fulbright Committee Hearings andmorale; rice situation; logistics; ROK military forces; progress measurement system; TIGERHOUND Program; press reporting of operations; RVN inflation; armored cavalry regimentdeployment; SEACOORD conference; I Corps political situation; infiltration and aerialinterdiction problems.
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Box 80596 #5 History File 13 March–23 April 1966. 273pp.
Major Topics: Australian Task Force; Mekong Delta Force [riverine]; relief of LieutenantGeneral Nguyen Chanh Thi and Buddhist situation in I Corps; noncombatant casualtiesissue; Hau Nghia Province situation; Westmoreland-Habib discussions; enemy buildup andsanctuaries; air campaign command issue; land reform and tenure; GVN NationalLeadership Committee; SVN Communist Party; Saigon port situation; conduct of U.S.civilians; Rung Sat Special Zone operations; U.S. banking in SVN; anti-Americanism andstudent unrest; M102 Howitzer; enemy buildup in I Corps; ROK military forces; air forcetasks; U.S. facilities buildup in Hue–Phu Bai area; U.S. advisory activities; Highlandssituation; U.S. naval forces, Vietnam set-up; alleged Cambodian support of VC; VictoriaHotel terrorist bombing; reduction of U.S. military presence in Saigon area; MACV staff;AID activities; Danang situation; visits to border CIDG–U.S. Special Forces camps; enemyordnance.
0869 #6 History File 24 April–28 May 1966. 146pp.Major Topics: Nha Trang Commanders Conference; relocation of U.S. military offices outside
Saigon; CMR security situation; III Corps military operations; RVNAF–U.S. military situation;enemy situation and strategy; VC radio intercept activities; U.S. facilities buildup in Hue–Phu Bai area and I Corps; Buddhist subversive activities; ARVN effectiveness; II and IIICorps operational planning; I Corps political situation; ARVN–U.S. unit “close association”concept; Saigon port situation.
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[24 April 1966 cont.–12 December 1966]Box 8 cont.0001 #6 History File 24 April–28 May 1966 cont. 91pp.
Major Topics: Buddhist situation in I Corps; Soviet propaganda on use of CS agents; Danangsituation; Australian Task Force; ARVN–U.S. unit “close association” concept; II FFV;Westmoreland-Habib conversations; General Nguyen Chanh Thi; Hue situation; proposedMACV Joint Table of Distribution (JTD).
0092 #7 History File 29 May–16 July 1966. 239pp.Major Topics: Use of mess and club profits; deployment of U.S. “Z” Division to Delta; release of
information; press activities; Hue situation; II Corps operational situation; port situation;Buddhist chaplains’ subversive activities; Buddhist political situation; Struggle Groupactivities; Westmoreland-Ky meeting; IV Corps situation; Nha Trang CommandersConference; PSYWAR efforts; III Corps operational situation; Battle of Dak To; U.S. militarytakeover of Saigon port; Robert W. Komer; ARVN combat ration; RMK labor problems; RF/PF matters; 7th Air Force; General Tran Van Don; historical chronology; interservice politics;U.S. RVNAF liaison concerns; Piaster control; visits to CIDG–U.S. Special Forces camps;military progress report; Quang Tri Province military situation.
Box 90331 #8 History File (I) 17 July–17 September 1966. 167pp.
Major Topics: Operation TALLY HO; HOP TAC Secretariat; Westmoreland-Vien meeting; airoperations restrictions in Laos; Negro military personnel; Philippine Task Force; Khe SanhSpecial Forces Camp; III Corps military situation; PSYWAR activities; “Guidance forCommanders in Vietnam”; Nha Trang Unit Commanders Conferences; Long An Provincesituation; KANZUS International Force for DMZ; Operation HASTINGS; U.S. POW camps; B-52 air operations; Revolutionary Development; II Corps military situation; National Police;
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relocation of U.S. military facilities from Saigon; ICC and NVN violations; ARVN–U.S. unit“close association” concept; U.S. military conduct in Saigon; air defense requirements;enemy strength; Honolulu Press Club address notes; ARVN security role in RevolutionaryDevelopment; enemy Cambodian sanctuaries; corruption; enemy strategy; Jacobson Board;U.S. 1st Division operations; long-range patrolling; ARVN Rangers conduct.
0498 #8 History File (II) 17 July–17 September 1966. 92pp.Major Topics: Effect of air operations against NVN; Australian Task Force; Battle of Ba Ria;
enemy morale; redeployment of in-country forces; FY 1967 force requirements; ROKmilitary forces; I Corps operational situation; New Zealand military forces; U.S.deployments to IV Corps; Vietnam Military Academy; SEACOORD meeting; AmbassadorSullivan’s control of U.S. military activities in Laos; air operations in DMZ vicinity;RECONDO School and long-range patrolling concept; PHILCAGV; containment doctrine;Khe Sanh Special Forces Camp; potential enemy operations; III MAF; war progress andphases of Communist [enemy] warfare; Infiltration Interdiction System; CIIC meeting;noncombatant casualties.
0590 #9 History File 18 September–17 October 1966. 171pp.Major Topics: Infiltration interdiction; RD and military control; Spanish surgical team;
Australian Task Force artillery; SHINING BRASS teams; ICC inspection of DMZ;containment of enemy forces in Cambodian sanctuaries; possible U.S. deployments to IVCorps; III MAF; U.S./ARVN military operations; in-country redeployments; accidentalbombing of U.S. Coast Guard vessel; KANZUS Force; PHILCAGV; unit training; U.S.–ledguerrilla units; Saigon port situation; U.S. Special Forces camps; I Corps situation;Ambassador Sullivan on search and rescue operations in Laos; Westmoreland-Walt meeting;GVN customs laws; II FFV; Robert S. McNamara visit; U.S. force buildup and reserves issue;Strongpoint Obstacle Barrier System concept; air rules of engagement issue; Nguyen VanThieu’s appraisal of military situation; Battle of Plei Me; GVN Leadership Council; ARVNsupport of RD; force development; prosecution of the war policies; MACV–U.S. Missionreorganization proposals.
0761 #10 History File 18–29 October 1966. 192pp.Major Topics: Manila Summit Conference; MACV–U.S. Mission reorganization proposals; ROK
military forces; presidential visit; RD/civic action programs; ROLLING THUNDER Program;SVN military situation; FWMAF.
Box 100953 #11 History File (I) 30 October–12 December 1966. 49pp.
Major Topics: ARVN support of RD; ARVN training; leadership; III and IV Corps situation; ricesituation; Strongpoint Obstacle Barrier System concept; CIIC Meeting; PSYWAR activities; ICorps situation; Long An Province; 1967 Joint Campaign Plan; Saigon port situation; ProjectBLACKJACK (U.S.–led guerrilla forces).
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[30 October 1966 cont.–25 March 1967]Box 10 cont.0001 #11 History File (I) 30 October–12 December 1966 cont. 91pp.
Major Topics: An Giang Province; military situation; Westmoreland-Ky meeting; ARVN generalappointments; CIIC meetings; HOP TAC Program; CMR security; operations in War Zone C;MACV–U.S. Mission reorganization; rubber plantations study; Operation ATTLEBORO;Cambodia; U.S. deployment to IV Corps; II and III Corps operations and situation; piasterexpenditure problem; relocation of U.S. military from Saigon; Ban Don Special ForcesCamp; 1/12/4 After Action Report; port situation; Nha Trang Unit Commanders Meeting;
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“measurement of progress”; ARVN training situation; ARVN and RD; SVN corruption.0092 #11 History File (II) 30 October–12 December 1966. 130pp.
Major Topics: SEACOORD; Cambodia; VC morale; relocation of U.S. military from Saigon;ARVN and RD; GVN Defense Budget; conventional orientation of ARVN; 7th Air Forceactivities; KANZUS Force; port situation; 1967 Troop Program; infiltration through Laos;enemy strength; U.S. in-country deployments; call for removal of ARVN 25th DivisionSenior Advisor; Vietnam Military Academy; RVNAF organizational history; CIIC meetings; IIFFV; III MAF.
0222 #12 History File (I) 13 December 1966–26 January 1967. 151pp.Major Topics: ARVN support of RD; Philippine contribution to war effort; PHILCAGV; long-
range patrolling capability; MACV–U.S. Mission reorganization proposals; relocation of U.S.military from Saigon; armor study; I Corps situation; anti-infiltration barrier plans; SHININGBRASS operations; CIIC meetings; I FFV; III MAF; holiday ceasefires; RVNAF PX/Commissary System; III Corps situation; Project CRYSTAL BALL [identification of futureproblems and planning]; call for American student leaders to visit SVN; AID problems;infiltration through Laos; military takeover of Saigon port; ICC; International Red Crossinspection of POW camps; 1967 operational strategy concept; enemy buildup.
0373 #12 History File (II) 13 December 1966–26 January 1967. 208pp.Major Topics: III Corps operations; ARVN armor; ARVN unit commander problems; ARVN
commissary and dependent housing problems; U.S. Navy SEAL activities; PRACTICE NINEExperiment; B-52 strike plan; SEACOORD; CIIC meetings; 1966 year-end historicalsummary; ARVN and RD; Operation CEDAR FALLS; press articles on peace issue andprosecution of the war; U.S. air power; CINCSEA idea; I Corps situation; anti-infiltrationbarrier; Nha Trang Unit Commanders Meeting; forest clearing operations; ROK PSYWARoperations; Operations HASTINGS and PRAIRIE; ROK Tae Kwon Do Association; II Corpsoperational situation; II FFV; III MAF; combat/operational restrictions; ARVN Rangercounter-infiltration activities.
0581 #13 History File (I) 27 January–25 March 1967. 191pp.Major Topics: Australian Task Force; operational planning for Laos; anti-infiltration barrier;
Vung Tau law and order situation; ARVN MTT; I Corps situation; CIIC meetings; I and II FFV;B-52 strike operations; III MAF; ROK military operations; Negro soldiers; Task ForceOREGON; 1967 U.S. Special Forces Camp Plan; military police arrest of civilians issue;Highlands operational situation; Operation JUNCTION CITY; enemy infiltration of supplies;RVN presidential candidates; McNamara press briefing; war situation; U.S. Army SupportCommand, Cam Ranh Bay.
0772 #13 History File (II) 27 January–25 March 1967. 161pp.Major Topics: Thieu assessment of military situation; Westmoreland-KY and Vien meetings;
SVN elections situation; CIIC meetings; aerial interdiction in Laotian Panhandle; Dean Ruskon peace prospects; 14 Points for Peace in Southeast Asia; RMK repair of highways;bombing pauses; Baguio [Chief of Missions] Conference; U.S. military conduct in Saigon; ICorps situation; Police Field Forces; MACV control of pacification and Robert W. Komer;Task Force OREGON; appraisal of enemy situation and 1967 U.S. operational concept; IVCorps situation; press report on Bau Bang Battle; press and the prosecution of the war;Guam Conference; B-52 strike operations and deployments.
Box 11
0933 #14 History File (I) Baguio [Chief of Missions] Conference (See Folder #13). 28pp.Major Topic: U.S. foreign aid program.
0961 #14 History File (II) Baguio [Chief of Missions] Conference (See Folder #13). 40pp.Major Topics: Dean Rusk’s statement on peace prospects; Arthur J. Goldberg on peace efforts;
U.S. purpose in SEA.
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0001 #14 History File (II) Baguio [Chief of Missions] Conference (See Folder #13) cont. 140pp. [117frs.]
Major Topics: Free World Assistance; Asia-Pacific regional organizations; Association ofSoutheast Asia; Manila Pact and SEATO; Eugene Black on SEA trade problems.
0118 #15 History File (I) 27 March–30 April 1967. 218pp.Major Topics: Military base construction in Quang Ngai; RMK contract construction; New
Zealand deployment; ICC; U.S. Military Assistance Program; OREGON Provisional DivisionProject; operations situation; CIIC meetings; enemy cross-border sanctuaries; militarysituation; Nha Trang Commanders Meetings; “measurement of progress”; lessons learned;MACV FY 1968 force requirements; 9th Division; Vietnam Military Academy; SouthCarolina General Assembly remarks; Cambodian situation; U.S. visit; I Corps situation;enemy infiltration through Laos; I and II FFV; Associated Press luncheon speech onmilitary situation.
0336 #15 History File (II) 27 March–30 April 1967. 175pp.Major Topics: Council of Foreign Relations speech on “total war”; address before Congress;
address at White House Conference of Governors; U.S. mission in SVN; congressionaldiscussion of Vietnam War; press reports on the war; NVA units in RVN; press reports onand reaction to the war.
0511 #16 History File (News Coverage on U.S. Trip) (See Folder #15). 215pp.Major Topic: Press clippings, TV-radio summaries, and Congressional Record excerpts on
Westmoreland’s U.S. trip, prosecution of the war, and growing dissent on the homefront.
Box 120726 #17 History File 1–31 May 1967. 204pp.
Major Topics: “Unpatriotic acts” statement issue; U.S. Mission reorganization; Robert W. Komer;strongpoint-obstacle barrier; political situation; Nguyen Van Thieu on nonpolitical positionof armed forces; USMC; Hamlet Evaluation System [HES]; SVN pay scales; AB142 CombinedCampaign Plan; Task Force OREGON; employment of I FFV; captured document on 1966–1967 Winter-Spring Operations; U.S. military support of RD; 1967 Tet Returnee Survey;Cam Ranh Bay Unit Commanders Meeting; RVNAF force structure and generalmobilization; attrition rate formula; interdiction of truck traffic in Laos; Alexander Haig;enemy sanctuaries in Cambodia; II FFV situation; III MAF situation; captured document onU.S. heliborne troops; NVN bombing justification.
0930 #18 History File (I) 1 June–1 July 1967. 82pp.Major Topics: Hue airfield construction; PHILCAGV; M-16 investigation; ARVN force strength;
improving the ARVN; U.S. in-country deployments; JUSPAO; public information.
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[1 June 1967 cont.–9 September 1967]Box 12 cont.0001 #18 History File (I) 1 June–1 July 1967 cont. 107pp.
Major Topics: Enemy LOCs [lines of command] in Laos; 5th U.S. Special Forces Group;operational situation in I Corps; II FFV situation; CIIC meetings; Nha Trang MACVCommanders Conference; “measurement of progress”; Robert W. Komer; ROKFV Operation
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OH JAK KYO.0108 #18 History File (II) 1 June–1 July 1967. 190pp.
Major Topics: State Department Policy Planning Council on conduct of the war; I and II FFVsituation; II Corps situation; Thieu-Ky political situation; affect of war on NVN; KontumProvince military situation and enemy intentions; enemy strategy; military situationbriefing; RVN Military Leadership Council.
0298 #19 History File 6 July–3 August 1967. 219pp.Major Topics: McNamara visit to RVN; troop-level and military situation discussions;
Westmoreland–LBJ discussions; meeting with House Armed Services Committee; Deltaoperations [CORONADO II]; RD; II Corps situation; SEACOORD meeting; “Assessment ofAlternatives for SEA”; FY 1968 force structure; press reports; Westmoreland leadershipquestion; bombing campaign; corruption; RVNAF combat effectiveness; SVN civilian warcasualties; FWMAF activities; Operation PRAIRIE FIRE; covert operations in Laos; CIICmeetings; U.S. objectives in SVN; ARVN role in CORDS.
Box 130517 #20 History File (I) 4–20 August 1967. 118pp.
Major Topics: SVN presidential campaign; enemy strength observations; MACV control overprovince chief appointments; operational planning; reconnaissance and RECONDO unitsissue; Highlands situation; RVNAF reorganization; II FFV situation; II CTZ situation; CIICmeetings; COMUSMACV Monthly Assessment; III MAF force structure; ARVN support ofpacification.
0635 #20 History File (II) 4–20 August 1967. 167pp.Major Topics: SVN presidential campaign; press backgrounders with selected press on
military situation; Operations BAKER and MALHEUR I and II; 101st Airborne Division; IIIMAF combat structure.
0802 #21 History File (I) 21 August–9 September 1967. 122pp.Major Topics: Status on improvement of RVNAF; Task Force OREGON; RVNAF veterans
situation; RVN general staff; RVNAF reorganization; U.S. election observers; airfieldconstruction in Quang Tri Province; RVNAF activities; Cambodia; strongpoint/obstaclesystem; Battle of Tam Ky; III MAF/Task Force OREGON operations; RVNAF officerleadership issue; RVN Command and Staff College briefing; II FFV situation; III MAF forcestructure; CTZs situation reports; Lieutenant General Stanley Larsen’s press briefing; CIIBmeetings; DYE MARKER Project.
0924 #21 History File (II) 21 August–9 September 1967. 54pp.Major Topics: Project TAKEOFF; Chieu Hoi Program; ICEX; VC Infrastructure.
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[21 August 1967 cont.–28 November 1967]Box 13 cont.0001 #21 History File (II) 21 August–9 September 1967 cont. 112pp.
Major Topics: RVN Navy; “optimistic” press reporting; U.S. Naval Support Activity, Saigon; U.S.objectives in SVN; CIIB meetings; B-52 air strikes; remarks to Vietnamese Election ObserverGroup from U.S.; DMZ military situation; ARVN manning of Strongpoint/Obstacle BarrierSystem; enemy anti-elections activities; pacification guidelines; COMUSMACV MonthlyAssessment; III MAF.
0113 #22 History File (I) 10–30 September 1967. 104pp.Major Topics: Westmoreland-Mansfield meeting during RVN visit; enemy order of battle issue;
GVN defense budget; Senator Stuart Symington’s RVN visit; Mobile Riverine Force; IVCorps; French General Vanuxem; civilian detention facilities; I Corps strategy; in-countryredeployments; I Corps situation; Westmoreland-Thieu and Westmoreland-Ky meetings;CIIB meetings; Westmoreland’s Singapore visit; Strongpoint/Obstacle Barrier System; II
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FFV situation.0217 #22 History File (II) 10–30 September 1967. 158pp
Major Topics: Nha Trang MACV Commanders’ Conference; credibility gap issue; ProjectRAPID FIRE; operational planning and tactics; strong point/obstacle system; ROKFVOperation HONG KIL DONG; RVNAF progress; ROKFV; I FFV; post-election GVNprograms; DMZ situation; negotiations with Communists; Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
Box 140375 #23 History File 1–15 October 1967. 141pp.
Major Topics: In-country redeployments; I Corps situation; ARVN improvement; Battle of ConThien; Joint Senior Officer Conference; pacification status; MTT; CIIB meetings; PSYWARactivities; U.S.–RVNAF relationship; Merton D. Perry article on ARVN controversy; I and IIFFV situations; JUSPAO; SVN press editorials; Long An Province and RD; Communiststrategy.
0516 #24 History File 15 October–12 November 1967. 231pp.Major Topics: Con Son Island; modernizing ARVN weaponry; III MAF problems; Thai
deployments to RVN; CORDS and pacification; ARVN 2nd Division–AMERICAL Divisioncommanders conference; NLF’s international contacts; press on the war; CIIB meetings;Battle of Con Thien; ARVN victories at Song Be and Loc Ninh; ARVN image; 1968 CombinedCampaign Plan (AB143); COMUSMACV Monthly Assessment; Australia and the war;dissension; RVNAF force structure.
0747 #25 History File (I) 13–28 November 1967. 192pp.Major Topics: U.S. trip; Korean War public opinion poll; RVNAF improvement and
modernization; press on the war; press on Westmoreland-McNamara relationship; 1968 B-3Front Winter-Spring Campaign; background material for briefing of President Johnson;Vietnam War statistics; Battle of Dak To; Steve Rowan interview with Westmoreland; CIIBmeetings; Westmoreland-Bunker “Meet The Press” session; wire service reports on the war.
0939 #25 History File (II) 13–28 November 1967. 96pp. [90frs.]Major Topics: National Press Club address on war progress; press–MACV relations; Battle of
Dak To and press reporting.
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[13 November 1967 cont.–29 February 1968]Box 14 cont.0001 #25 History File (II) 13–28 November 1967 cont. 131pp.
Major Topics: CTZs military situation report; Battle of Dak To [Hill 875]; U.S. trip; wire servicereports on the war; returning American servicemen issue; news clippings on war progress;“phaseout in two years” issue; portrayal of situation in SVN; Pentagon briefing transcripton strategy.
Box 150132 #26 History File 29 November–16 December 1967. 223pp.
Major Topics: “Commandant of the Marine Corps” statement controversy; Jonathan Schellarticle on AMERICAL Division; press-MACV relations; Westmoreland-Ky meeting; I Corpsand DMZ situations; strong point/obstacle system [DYE MARKER]; Asian Parliamentarians’Union declaration on the war; Nha Trang MACV Commanders’ Conference; popularsupport of the war; RVNAF improvement and modernization; rice denial operations;reconnaissance and RECONDO; Australian Special Air Service [SAS] deployment to RVN;Battle of Dak To; annual assessment of the war; enemy operations; Christmas truce; “hotpursuit” issue; RF/PF.
0355 #27 History File 17–27 December 1967. 65pp.Major Topics: Royal Thai Regiment activities; LBJ visit to RVN; Bob Hope visit to RVN; M-16
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rifles for ARVN; strong point/obstacle system [DYE MARKER Program]; war progress; EastAsia.
0420 #28 History File (I) 27 December 1967–31 January 1968. 207pp.Major Topics: Intelligence activities; III Corps situation; Edward Kennedy; scientific advisory
effort for MACV; Operation NIAGARA; YORK Operations; enemy buildup and strategy in ICorps; MACV Forward; intraservice coordination in I Corps; Tet Offensive; U.S. advisoryeffort; American-Vietnamese attitudinal differences; refugees; MACV control of SLFamphibious operations; Khe Sanh situation; IV CTZ situation; enemy buildup and TetCeasefire; Nguyen Van Thieu address to SVN journalists; U.S. military strength issue.
0627 #28 History File (II) 27 December 1967–31 January 1968. 175pp.Major Topics: I Corps situation; Battle of Khe Sanh; Tet PSYWAR activities; Operation HOBBY
HORSE; MACV Forward; “leverage” policy; Tet Offensive; RVNAF preventive measuresagainst VC peace propaganda; The Economy of Vietnam: Wartime Policies and PostwarPossibilities[Smithies Report].
Box 160802 #29 History File (I) 1–29 February 1968. 199pp.
Major Topics: Tet Offensive and U.S. response; command and coordination in I Corps; Battleof Khe Sanh; Danang situation; dismissal of Lieutenant General Vinh Loc; survey ofconduct of RVNAF officers; in-country deployments; relief efforts and civic action; Tetsituation press conference and assessments; Project RECOVERY; resupply situation for KheSanh; GVN–U.S. Mission Task Force on the Emergency; IV CTZ situation.
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[1 February 1968 cont.–30 April 1968]Box 16 cont.0001 #29 History File (I) 1–29 February 1968 cont. 103pp.
Major Topics: Tet Offensive; GVN relief organization; military situation; GVN mobilization;Thieu–Bunker meeting; LBJ’s “confidence in you” memo to Westmoreland; press onpossible replacement of Westmoreland; operational planning; in-country deployments andcalls for reinforcements; threat analysis; enemy strategy.
0104 #29 History File (II) 1–29 February 1968 [includes March 1–25, 1968 and August 12, 1969].211pp.
Major Topics: Tet Offensive; CTZs activity guidelines; Battle of Khe Sanh; deployment of 82ndAirborne Division; MACV Forward and Provisional Corps, Vietnam; command andcoordination in I Corps; responses to press queries on Tet Offensive; captured documentcritiquing the “General Uprising”; III Corps situation; military forces in urban areas; Project[Operation] RECOVERY; refugee situation; Clarke-Mayborn-Hillard Report on militarysituation; Battle of Lang Vei; U.S. Army readiness worldwide.
0315 #30 History File (I) 1–31 March 1968. 200pp.Major Topics: Battle of Khe Sanh; IV Corps situation; MACV Forward; aerial resupply systems;
U.S. force strength; 1968 FY RVNAF force structure; I, IIZ and III CTZ situation; U.S.strength increases and effects on GVN; Tet Offensive statistics; air control and coordinationin I Corps; Provisional Corps, Vietnam organization; credibility gap; Clark Clifford; Highway19 security; U.S. Mission assessment of situation.
0515 #30 History File (II) 1–31 March 1968 [includes April 23, 1968; March 12, 1969; and c. April1969]. 244pp.
Major Topics: Press on command and control in I Corps; GVN mobilization; ProvisionalCorps,Vietnam; I and II FFV situations; LBJ on Westmoreland’s CSA appointment; in-country use of “reinforcement package”; enemy strength and capabilities; RD situation; ICorps situation; DYE MARKER situation; air control and coordination in I Corps; OperationPEGASUS; historical analysis of Khe Sanh siege; LBJ’s March 31, 1968 Address to the Nation;
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peace efforts; call for additional forces.
Box 170759 #31 History File (I) 1–30 April 1968. 137pp.
Major Topics: Provincial attitudes report and press summary; PSYOP activities; presseditorials on Tet Offensive; Battle of Khe Sanh; U.S. troop “ceiling”; bombing campaignagainst NVN; close air support issue Operation PEGASUS; GVN accomplishments; VNAFoperations in DMZ.
0896 #31 History File (II) 1–30 April 1968. 110pp.Major Topics: Ambassador Samuel Berger’s “pep talk” to SVN generals controversy; I and II
FFV situation; analysis of NVN radio and press reports on Tet Offensive; JUSPAO pressanalyses; III and IV CTZ situation; interrogation report on enemy May offensive; PRAIRIEFIRE forces in Enemy Base Area 607; Operation DELAWARE; Ashau (A Shau) Valley.
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[1 April 1968 cont.–30 June 1968]Box 17 cont.0001 #31 History File (II) 1–30 April 1968 cont. 99pp.
Major Topics: II FFV situation; 1st Logistical Command; Battle of Khe Sanh analysis; GVNmobilization; RF/PF; enemy strength statistics; peace efforts.
0100 #32 History File (I) 1–31 May 1968. 220pp.Major Topics: Mobilization issue; enemy May offensive; Kham Duc evacuation; departure
activities; II CTZ situation; 1968 Combined Campaign Plan [AB143]; CSA militarynominations; DMZ/Northern I CTZ operational situation; enemy radio propaganda; enemystrategy; provincial attitudes report and press summary; PSYOP activities; U.S. press;military briefing of GVN National Assembly; III MAF situation; ROKFV; advice toCOMUSMACV successor; American home front; COMUSMACV military assessment; lessonslearned in strategy; captured enemy equipment statistics; comparison of Vietnam War toother wars.
0320 #32 History File (II) 1–31 May 1968. 311pp. [254frs.]Major Topics: 1st Logistical Command; troop strength comparisons with other wars; radio-TV
and press and news summaries; Tet Offensive summary; enemy problems; FY 1969Defense Budget; Saigon housing; enemy initiatives; artillery and counterfire evaluation;ammunition supply situation; training and indoctrination; supply summary; enemyinfiltration and losses.
Box 180574 #33 History File (1 of 3) 1–30 June 1968. 214pp.
Major Topics: Press report on war assessment; enemy offensive in Cholon/Saigon; enemyshelling of Saigon; bombing of NVN; Paris Peace Talks; Senate Armed Services Committeehearing; postwar planning; investigation of accidental death of senior GVN officers/officials during Cholon battle; Westmoreland’s farewell remarks and summary of Vietnamservice; Saigon press.
0788 #33 History File (2 of 3) 1–30 June 1968. 106pp.Major Topics: Enemy bombardment of Saigon; enemy strategy and aims; Japan on Vietnam
War; NBC war summary broadcast entitled Vietnam: The War This Week; Khe Sanhevacuation; press reporting of the war.
0894 #33 History File (3 of 3) 1–30 June 1968. 84pp.Major Topics: Subject index to Report on the War in Vietnam; Analysis of “Operations in
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Vietnam, January 1964–June 1968 ”; biographical sketch from Congressional Record.
Reel 15History Files cont.
[1 June 1968 cont.–30 June 1970]Box 18 cont.0001 #33 History File (3 of 3) 1–30 June 1968 cont. 33pp. [18 frs.]
Major Topic: Naval War College Review article entitled “The Newsman in Vietnam:Responsible or Irresponsible?”
0019 #34 History File (1 of 2) 1 July–31 December 1968. 151pp.Major Topics: CSA swearing-in remarks; refugee center construction and Dong Tam
Campaign.0170 #34 History File (2 of 2) 1 July–31 December 1968. 167pp.
Major Topics: General Leonard F. Chapman, USMC, speech and question/answer session withWestmoreland on Vietnam War before Boys Nation Conference; Clark Clifford’s Vietnamtrip; M-16 supply; enemy weapons; enemy strategy and capabilities; 1967 “Blueprint forVictory” report; establishment of committee to critique the conduct of the war, includingchronological analysis; defense budget; U.S. national policy on RVN; army’s goals; ProjectMACONOMY; cost-reduction efforts; debriefing reports—Lieutenant General Fred C.Weyand and Major General John J. Tolson; McGeorge Bundy’s war policy.
Box 190337 #35 History File (1 of 2) 1 January–30 June 1969. 139pp.
Major Topic: Daily calender.0476 #35 History File (2 of 2) 1 January–30 June 1969. 131pp.
Major Topics: News coverage of Tet Offensive; press reporting of the Vietnam War;communication and information dissemination; Barry Zorthian and JUSPAO; Battle of KheSanh; U.S. objectives in SVN; effects of Tet Offensive; GVN; Paris Peace Talks; government-military establishment relations; U.S. Reserve Officers Training Corps [ROTC]; “search anddestroy” strategy.
0607 #36 History File 1 July–31 December 1969. 307pp.Major Topics: Richard Nixon on the war; defense budget and Senator Margaret Chase Smith;
Battle of Khe Sanh historical study; bombing of NVN statistics; RVN history; “defenseestablishment”; H.R. 281 and military retirement system; army cutbacks; Association of theU.S. Army speech; Vietnam military situation; observations on GVN territorial security;Townsend Hoopes article on dissension in LBJ administration over Vietnam War; EllsworthBunker on Vietnam War; defense expenditures.
0914 #37 History File (1 of 3) 1 January–30 June 1970. 106pp.Major Topic: Daily calendar.
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[1 January 1970 cont.–30 June 1971]Box 19 cont.0001 #37 History File (1 of 3) 1 January–30 June 1970 cont. 57pp.
Major Topic: Vietnam War casualty statistics.0058 #37 History File (2 of 3) 1 January–30 June 1970. 93pp.
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The War in Vietnam16
Major Topics: Air power during Battle of Khe Sanh; Blue Ribbon Defense Panel appearance;LBJ on the Tet Offensive; LBJ’s Vietnam War policy; chronology of events in Cambodia;enemy offensive highpoint comparison with Tet Offensive; The Vantage Point; post-Tet1968 U.S. deployments.
0151 #37 History File (3 of 3) 1 January–30 June 1970. 160pp.Major Topics: U.S. historical examples of handling guerrillas; military justice and Son My
incident; statement before Son My Special Subcommittee of the House Armed ServicesCommittee; defense management; army weapons system selection process; procurementsystem.
Box 200311 #38 History File (1 of 2) 1 July 31–December 1970. 238pp.
Major Topics: Nixon Doctrine and SEA; Westmoreland visit to RVN; question and answersession with Westmoreland regarding war situation.
0549 #38 History File (2 of 2) 1 July 31–December 1970. 168pp.Major Topics: Nixon-Westmoreland conversations; analysis of NVN Lao Dong Party
Resolution 18; Peter Braestrup on news reporting of the war; Richard Nixon’s October1970 ceasefire overture; Article 92 charge against Westmoreland relating to Son MyIncident; war situation; Lieutenant General Nguyen Chanh Thi; Questions and Answers onU.S. Involvement in Vietnam; Army Department fact sheets on Vietnam War;Vietnamization.
0717 #39 History File (1 of 2) 1 January–30 June 1971. 166pp.Major Topic: Daily calendar.
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[1 January 1971 cont.–3 July 1972]Box 20 cont.0001 #39 History File (2 of 2) 1 January–30 June 1971. 120pp.
Major Topics: Cambodian incursion planning; impact of the 1968 Tet Offensive; RibicoffInvestigations Subcommittee, Senate Government Operations Committee; Army’s CivilDisturbance Information Collection Mission; U.S. v. Henderson (Son My Incident); Son MyIncident (My Lai); Colonel David H. Hackworth on conduct of Vietnam War; noncombatantcasualties.
0121 #40 History File 1 July–31 December 1971. 217pp.Major Topics: General Cao Van Vien visit to United States; effect of U.S. withdrawal on RVNAF;
review of Nuremberg and Vietnam: An American Tragedy; “crisis in the Army” issue.
Box 210338 #41 History File 1 January–[30 June] 3 July 1972. 248pp.
Major Topics: Assessment of the army; visit to RVN and question and answer session onsituation; “crisis in Foreign Service”; article on U.S. strategic concepts; enemy strategy;interview assessing effects of Vietnam War on U.S. Army.
Public Statements[General/Analysis]
Box 21 cont.0586 General. (4 October 1964–18 June 1968 [18 March 1970]). 143pp.
Major Topics: MACV capabilities; NVA infiltration; Honolulu Conference 1966 pressconference; three phases of insurgency in SVN; conduct of the war; comments on RVNwill to fight and U.S. prosecution of the war; impact of 1968 Tet Offensive.
0729 (Analysis of Public Statements I.) [1 January 1967–2 July 1968.] 85pp.Major Topics: Troop strength; bombing of NVN; body count issue; U.S. and GVN prosecution
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of and commitment to the war; potential Communist Bloc involvement; enemy infiltrationand capabilities; RD Program.
0792 Report entitled Relative Degree of Optimism, Pessimism and Neutrality as Revealed inCommunications Behavior: A Study of the Major Communications of General WilliamC. Westmoreland, During the Period 1 January 1967 to 2 July 1968. July 1968. 22pp.
0814 (Analysis of Public Statements II.) [10 January 1967–24 April 1967.] 61pp.Major Topics: Enemy infiltration, capabilities, and strategy; statistics; enemy situation; U.S.–
GVN strategy; I Corps situation; “A Commander’s View of the War in Vietnam.”
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[General/Analysis cont.]Box 21 cont.0001 (Analysis of Public Statements II) cont. [28 April 1967–19 November 1967.] 105pp.
Major Topics: 1967 speech before Congress; press backgrounders; assessment of war; RVNAFcapabilities; U.S. strategy; enemy capabilities and strength; U.S. military buildup.
0106 (Analysis of Public Statements III.) [6 March 1968–2 July 1968.] 96pp.Major Topics: Tet Offensive and enemy strategy; Provisional Corps, Vietnam; I Corps situation;
command and control; Battle of Khe Sanh; chronology of events; war situation.
COMUSMACV (W.C.W.)0202 1964. [20 June–18 January.] 20pp.
Major Topics: Transfer of MACV command; U.S. Military Academy, West Point.0222 1965. [Undated.] 3pp.
Major Topic: Role of military advisors.0225 January–June 1966. [5 February and undated.] 25pp.
Major Topics: Enemy infiltration and strength; U.S. strategy; possible press questions andpresentation of answers.
0250 July–December 1966. [2 July–8 December.] 25pp.Major Topics: Progress of the war; noncombatant casualties; pacification; MTT school; ARVN
mission; Manila Conference; FWMAF; RVNAF performance.0275 January–June 1967. [24–28 April and 23 July.] 50pp.
Major Topics: Progress of the war; enemy strength and strategy; U.S. military buildup; peaceefforts.
0325 July–December 1967. [23 July and 15–29 November.] 57pp.Major Topics: Progress of the war; Dak To situation; popular attitudes; attrition strategy; U.S.
deployments.0382 1968. [17 January–2 July.] 55pp.
Major Topics: Tet Offensive—military situation, effects on U.S. and SVN; enemy strategy; May–June Offensive; outline of U.S. involvement in SVN; intensification of the war.
COMUSMACV (W.C.W.) “Backgrounders”Box 220437 1964. (Empty Folder.) 2pp.0439 1965. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0440 1966. [23–24 October.] 9pp.
Major Topics: FWMAF; RVNAF progress; assessment of war situation.0449 1967. [24 April and 11 November.] 16pp.
Major Topics: Monsoon season and U.S. operational situation; U.S. purpose and mission.0465 1968. (Empty Folder.) 1p.
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CSA (W.C.W.) Statements0466 1968. (Empty Folder.) 2pp.0468 1969. [29 September.] 7pp.
Major Topic: Army cutbacks.0475 1970. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0476 1971. [19 February–17 September.] 75pp.
Major Topics: Army discipline, morale, and leadership; The Army in a Changing Society; Armysenior executive level; Creighton Abrams; Time article on U.S. military strategies.
0551 1972–1973. [31 January–25 June 1972; 24 January 1973; and 10 November 1974.] 57pp.Major Topics: “New Army”; military situation in SVN; Australian contribution to Vietnam War;
review of the army before the House Armed Services Committee; Yale Law School speechcontroversy.
0608 [Farewell] Speech [to] ROK 9th Division. [21 May 1968.] 4pp.Major Topic: Service in RVN.
0612 General Westmoreland Statement, LBJ Ranch, 30 May 1968. 7pp.Major Topics: Tet Offensive summary; May–June Offensive situation.
0619 White House–State–DOD. [December] 1961. 62pp. [32frs.]Major Topic: Jorden Report—A Threat to the Peace: North Vietnam’s Effort to Conquer
South Viet-Nam.0651 White House–State–DOD. [6 June] 1962. 7pp.
Major Topics: President Kennedy’s U.S. Military Academy graduation address; militaryresponsibilities.
0658 White House–State–DOD. 1963. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0659 White House–State–DOD. January–March 1964. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0660 White House–State–DOD. April–June 1964. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0661 White House–State–DOD. July–September 1964. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0662 White House–State–DOD. October–December 1964. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0663 White House–State–DOD. January–March 1965. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0664 White House–State–DOD. April–June 1965. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0665 White House–State–DOD. July–September 1965. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0666 White House–State–DOD. October–December 1965. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0667 White House–State–DOD. January–March 1966 [February 8]. 9pp.
Major Topic: Declaration of Honolulu.0676 White House–State–DOD. April–June 1966. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0677 White House–State–DOD. July–September 1966. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0678 White House–State–DOD. October–December 1966 [December 14]. 8pp.
Major Topic: Strategic guidelines for Vietnam.0686 White House–State–DOD. January–March 1967. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0687 White House–State–DOD. April–June 1967. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0688 White House–State–DOD. July–September 1967. 3pp.
Major Topics: Army aviation and helicopters.0691 White House–State–DOD. October–December 1967. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0692 White House–State–DOD. January–March 1968. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0693 White House–State–DOD. April–June 1968. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0694 White House–State–DOD. July–September 1968. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0695 White House–State–DOD. October–December 1968. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0696 White House–State–DOD. January–June 1969. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0697 White House–State–DOD. July–December 1969. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0698 White House–State–DOD. January–June 1970. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0699 White House–State–DOD. July–December 1970 [October 12]. 14pp.
Major Topics: Progress of the war; Vietnamization; worldwide deployments; NATO.
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0713 White House–State–DOD. January–June 1971 [20 May and 23 September]. 10pp.Major Topics: Strategic arms limitations talks; defense spending.
0723 White House–State–DOD. July–December 1971 [17 September and 6 December]. 11ppMajor Topics: Troop withdrawals from SVN; war situation.
0734 White House–State–DOD. January–June 1972 [17 January, 21 February, 7 and 21 April, and 9 May].51pp.
Major Topics: Troop withdrawals from SVN; Paris Peace Talks; war situation; Henry A.Kissinger on peace negotiations; NVN Easter Offensive.
0785 White House–State–DOD. July–December 1969. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0786 DOD Speeches. [January] 1972. 9pp.
Major Topic: National security.
ClippingsMiscellaneous
0795 W.C.W.—Miscellaneous Clippings. [February–March] 1968. 4pp.Major Topic: Public perception of Westmoreland.
0799 W.C.W.—Miscellaneous Clippings. [October] 1969. 3pp.Major Topic: Electronic battlefield.
0802 W.C.W.—Miscellaneous Clippings. [May, July, and December] 1970. 11pp.Major Topics: Cambodian Incursion; Paris Peace Talks; “New Army.”
0813 W.C.W.—Miscellaneous Clippings. [January–December] 1971. 11pp.Major Topics: “New Army”; 1968 Tet Offensive; race relations in army; William Calley;
Creighton Abrams.0824 W.C.W.—Miscellaneous Clippings. [April and June–July] 1972. 18pp.
Major Topics: “New Army”; Yale University Law School Speech.
Officials0842 Index [Listing of individuals and topics in the Clippings section]. Undated. 9pp.
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Officials cont.Box 22 cont.0001 Abrams, Creighton W. [June 1972.] 5pp.
Major Topic: CSA promotion.0006 Acheson, Dean. [October–November 1971 and March 1972.] 22pp.
Major Topic: Career.0028 Ball, George W. [May 1970; January–February and July 1972.] 24pp.
Major Topics: Vietnam War; peace efforts; Richard Nixon trip to PRC; 1964 position paper onU.S. policy in Vietnam.
0052 Bowles, Chester. [May and November 1971.] 7pp.Major Topics: U.S. policy in Asia; career.
0059 Bundy, McGeorge. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0060 Bundy, William P. [July 1971.] 19pp.
Major Topics: U.S. involvement in Vietnam; Gulf of Tonkin Incidents; 1967 article entitled “ThePath to Viet Nam: Ten Decisions.”
0079 Bunker, Ellsworth. [May 1970.] 43pp.Major Topics: U.S. mission in RVN; RVN political development; Vietnamization; Cambodian
Incursion.0122 Califano, Joseph A.[, Jr.]. [February 1971.] 4pp.
Major Topic: All-Volunteer Army issue.
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0126 Clifford, Clark M. [July 1969; May 1972; and July 1972.] 32pp.Major Topics: Vietnam War situation; history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam; Richard Nixon’s
4-Point Plan for Vietnam.0158 Colby, W. E. [November 1971.] 35pp.
Major Topics: The Nature of Revolutionary War; Vietnam War situation.
Box 230193 Cooper, Chester L. [April 1971 and undated.] 11pp.
Major Topics: GVN elections; Vietnam War situation; war situation in Laos and Cambodia.0204 DePuy, William. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0205 Fulbright, J. W. [August 1972.] 3pp.
Major Topic: 1972 NVN flood.0208 Goulding, Phil G. [ca. January 1969.] 4pp.
Major Topic: Clark Clifford on troop deployments to SVN.0212 Harriman, Averell [W.]. [November 1970 and August 1972.] 4pp.
Major Topics: Peace efforts; Richard Nixon peace policy.0217 Hilsman, Roger. [June 1971.] 2pp.
Major Topic: Pentagon Papers.0219 Hoopes, Townsend. [March 1970 and undated.] 4pp.
Major Topics: Jack Valenti; post-1968 Tet Offensive buildup.0223 Humphrey, Hubert [H.]. [June 1971.] 4pp.
Major Topic: Advice on 1965 ROLLING THUNDER operations.0227 Jackson, Henry M. [November 1971.] 3pp.0230 Kissinger, Henry A. [January 1969; January 1971; July 1971; and June 1972.] 51pp.
Major Topics: Paris Peace Talks; U.S. strategic and foreign policy; blockade of NVN ports.0281 Komer, Robert W. [1971 and October 1971.] 135pp.
Major Topics: Impact of Pacification on Insurgency in South Vietnam; The MalaysianEmergency in Retrospect: Organization and Management of a Successful Counter-Insurgency Effort.
0416 Krulak, Victor H. [September 1971.] 15pp.Major Topic: Pentagon Papers.
0431 Lansdale, Edward G. [Undated.] 3pp.0434 Lilienthal, David E. [January 1969.] 14pp.
Major Topic: Postwar development in RVN.0448 Lodge, Henry Cabot[, Jr.]. [May 1972.] 2pp.0450 McGovern, George. [June and August 1972.] 12pp.
Major Topics: Views on foreign and defense policy; presidential campaign views.0462 McNamara, Robert [S.]. [June–August 1971 and July 1972.] 15pp.
Major Topics: Pentagon Papers; U.S. involvement in SVN.0477 McPherson, Harry. [May 1972.] 2pp.0479 Nolting, Frederick, E., Jr. [July 1971.] 5pp.
Major Topics: Pentagon Papers; Ngo Dinh Diem.0484 Palmer, Bruce[, Jr.]. [Undated.] 2pp.0486 Reedy, George. [June 1971.] 2pp.
Major Topics: Pentagon Papers; foreign policy in Vietnam.0488 Resor, Stanley. [June 1971.] 2pp.
Major Topic: Foreign policy in Vietnam.0490 Rostow, Walt [W.] [Undated; September 1970; March–November 1971; and May 1972.] 65pp.
Major Topics: U.S. economy; Laos and Ho Chi Minh Trail; escalation of war; Pentagon Papers;world peace; NVN offensive and future of RVN.
0555 Rusk, Dean. [July–October 1971 and June 1972.] 27pp.Major Topics: Pentagon Papers; views on the Vietnam War.
0582 Sharp, [U.S.] Grant. [July–August 1971.] 5pp.Major Topic: Pentagon Papers.
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0587 Stilwell, Richard. (Empty Folder). 1p.0588 Talmadge, Herman. [June 1971.] 4pp.
Major Topics: McGovern-Hatfield Amendment; views on Vietnam War.0592 Taylor, Maxwell D. [October 1970; June–July 1971; and April 1972.] 16pp.
Major Topics: Views on Vietnam War; limitation of presidential war powers.0608 Thompson, Llewellyn. [February 1972.] 2pp.0610 Vann, John Paul. [June–July 1972.] 12pp.
Major Topics: 1963 news articles on ARVN; Central Highlands defense.0622 Walt, Lewis W. [May 1970; November 1970; and January 1971.] 12pp.
Major Topics: Views on Vietnam War; RVNAF improvement and progress; Battle of Khe Sanh.0634 Warnke, Paul. [June 1971 and undated.] 15pp.
Major Topics: Pentagon Papers; “Individual Responsibility in Time of War” and My LaiIncident.
0649 Weyand, Frederick L. [October 1968.] 14pp.Major Topic: Views on Vietnam War.
0663 Wheeler, Earle G. [February 1968.] 9pp.Major Topics: Tet Offensive situation.
0672 Yost, Charles. [April–July 1971; May 1972; and November 1972.] 9pp.Major Topics: 1960’s U.S. buildup in RVN; withdrawal of U.S. forces and Vietnamization;
limitation of presidential powers.0681 Zorthian, Barry. [June 1971.] 3pp.
Major Topic: Pentagon Papers.
Analysts, Journalists, and Writers0685 Alsop, Stewart. [January 1968.] 3pp.
Major Topic: Prosecution of the war.0688 Ambrose, Stephen E. [April 1972.] 3pp.
Major Topic: Book review of Swords and Plowshares.0691 Arnett, Peter. [June 1971.] 3pp.
Major Topic: Pentagon Papers.0694 Asian Survey. [August 1971.] 14pp.
Major Topics: U.S. foreign policy toward RVN; “Quakeland Theory” of international relations.0708 Baldwin, Hanson W. [November 1971 and undated.] 6pp.
Major Topic: Views on Vietnam War.0714 Barnet, Richard. [March–September 1971 and February–June 1972.] 21pp.
Major Topics: U.S. foreign policy; Vietnam War.0735 Beech, Keyes. [June 1971.] 2pp.
Major Topic: Bombing of NVN.0737 Bickel, Alexander M. [July 1972.] 9pp.
Major Topic: Presidential war powers.0746 Blumenson, Martin. [Undated.] 2pp.0748 Braestrup, Peter. [December 1969; September 1970; and July 1972.] 22pp.
Major Topics: NVN Easter Offensive; press coverage of the war.0770 Brandon, Henry. [Undated.] 7pp.0777 Brodie, Bernard. [Undated.] 3pp.
Major Topic: U.S. strategic policy reevaluation.0780 Bullock, Alan. [January 1971.] 19pp.
Major Topic: European political history.0799 Bunting, Josiah, III. [Undated, March 1971, and May 1972.] 6pp.
Major Topic: Military discipline and justice.0805 Buttinger, Joseph. [No month 1972.] 35pp.
Major Topic: History of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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Analysts, Journalists, and Writers cont.Box 23 cont.0001 Clark, Blair. [November 1970.] 7pp.
Major Topic: Criticism of U.S. buildup in RVN.0008 Critchfield, Richard. [May 1972.] 3pp.
Major Topic: “People’s War” statement.0011 Davidson, Daniel I. [May 1972.] 2pp.
Major Topic: “1968 understanding” on bombing of NVN.
Box 240013 Ellsberg, Daniel. [February 1968; September–November 1970; and March and July 1971.] 89pp.
Major Topic: History of U.S. involvement in SVN—“Escalating in a Quagmire”; Laos andCambodia; U.S. withdrawal; 1968 Tet Offensive.
0102 Falk, Richard A. [August 1971.] 5pp.Major Topic: William P. Bundy.
0107 Fitzgerald, Frances. [July–August 1972.] 72pp.Major Topics: Comparison of U.S. and Vietnam; history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam; NLF;
Vietnamization.0179 Galbraith, John K. [May 1970.] 2pp.
Major Topic: Support of the war.0181 Gavin, James M. [April 1971 and date unreadable.] 21pp.
Major Topics: Vietnam War situation; Vietnamization; criticism of prosecution of Vietnam War.0202 Gelb, Leslie H. [May and September–October 1970; June–December 1971; and March and June
1972.] 142pp.Major Topics: National lessons learned from Vietnam War; Pentagon Papers; U.S. involvement
in Vietnam; Paris Peace Talks; national security; U.S. Vietnam policy.0344 Geyelin, Philip L. [July 1969.] 3pp.0347 Goldie, L. F. E. [No month 1963.] 10pp.
Major Topics: Comments on Soviet military strategy.0357 Halberstam, David. [January 1964; May–June 1968; July 1970; June, October 1971; and undated.]
78pp.Major Topics: Review of LBJ’s autobiography; Robert S. McNamara; McGeorge Bundy;
impressions of VC; views on Vietnam War and prosecution of war.0435 Halperin, Morton. [October 1970 and May 1971.] 8pp.
Major Topic: Peace negotiations; U.S. withdrawal; Richard Nixon’s Vietnam policy.0443 Heinl, R. D., Jr. [April 1970.] 2pp.0445 Henry, John B., II. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0446 Hickey, Gerald. [October 1967.] 30pp.
Major Topic: Accommodation in South Vietnam: The Key to Sociopolitical Solidarity.0476 Holbrooke, Richard. [May and August 1972.] 6pp.
Major Topics: U.S. Vietnam policy; peace negotiations.0482 Hook, Sidney. [April 1972.] 7pp.0489 Howard, Michael. [January 1972, April 1972, and undated.] 17pp.
Major Topics: World order; revolutionary doctrine.0506 Jenkins, Brian M. [August 1970 and February 1972.] 14pp.
Major Topics: Why the North Vietnamese Keep Fighting; NVN manpower.0520 Just, Ward. [December 1970; May 1971; and June 1972.] 5pp.
Major Topic: Changes in the army.0525 Kahn, Herman. [February and June 1971.] 14pp.
Major Topics: U.S. presence in Asia; international affairs.
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0539 Kalb, Marvin. [March–April and July 1971.] 8pp.Major Topic: U.S. involvement in Vietnam; prosecution of the war.
0547 King, Edward L. [Undated and April 1972.] 4pp.Major Topic: West Point controversy
0551 Kintner, William R. [November 1969.] 26pp.Major Topic: On Deterrence.
0577 Landau, David. [July 1971.] 7pp.Major Topic: Henry A. Kissinger and U.S. foreign policy.
0584 Laqueur, Walter. [April 1972.] 9pp.Major Topics: Worldwide political violence; political warfare.
0593 McAlister, John T., Jr. [May 1972.] 5pp.Major Topic: Book review of War Comes to Long An.
0598 MacDonald, Charles B. [Undated and March 1971.] 102pp.Major Topics: Military strategies and tactics in Vietnam War; “search and destroy” strategy; war
of attrition; history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.0700 Marshall, S. L. [A.] [August 1970; April 1971; and July 1971.] 5pp.
Major Topics: Nature of war; Colonel David Hackworth.0705 May, Ernest. [Undated; June 1967; and December 1971.] 100pp.
Major Topics: Pentagon Papers; intervention policy; “Bombing for Political Effect.”
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Analysts, Journalists, and Writers cont.Box 250001 Moyers, Bill. [January 1972.] 4pp.
Major Topic: Press coverage of the war.0005 Niebuhr, Reinhold. [January 1972.] 5pp.0010 New York Times, 1964–1965, etc. [June 1971.] 7pp.
Major Topic: Survey of articles proving hawkish nature in 1964–1965.0017 Oberdorfer, Don. [Undated; January 1968; and October 1971.] 20pp.
Major Topics: Pre-Tet Offensive (1968) statements by Westmoreland on progress of the war;NVN political strategy.
0037 Osgood[, Professor]. [Undated.] 9pp.Major Topics: Limited warfare and U.S. strategy.
0046 Pierre, Andrew J. [ca. 1970 and Fall 1971.] 33pp. [20frs.]Major Topics: Superpower military policies; nuclear politics.
0066 Pike, Douglas. [August 1970; January 1971; and January and April 1972.] 47pp.Major Topics: NVN war policy and strategy; NVN Lao Dong Party Resolution No. 18 on
conduct of the war; Cambodian Incursion; views on enemy; Harrison Salisbury.0113 Possony [, Stefan T.] [October 1961.] 5pp.
Major Topic: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on the “world struggle.”0118 Rand Corp. [August 1970 and October 1971.] 25pp.
Major Topics: The Logic of Failure: A Vietnam Lesson; Why the North Vietnamese KeepFighting.
0143 Reischauer, Edwin O. [May 1970.] 5pp.Major Topics: Views on Vietnam War and U.S. Vietnam policy; Cambodian Incursion.
0148 Roche, John P. [July 1971 and June–July 1972.] 7pp.Major Topics: Vietnamization; “protective reaction” bombing of NVN; George W. Ball and
political settlement in Vietnam.0155 Scoville, Herbert[, Jr.]. [March 1970 and June 1972.] 56pp.
Major Topics: Arms control and funding of new weapons; SALT.0211 Shaplen, Robert. [ October 1970; March and May 1971; and May–June 1972.] 37pp.
Major Topics: 1972 Easter Offensive and effects on Vietnamization and ARVN; Laotian
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Incursion [LAM SON 719]; Cambodian situation.0248 Sheehan, Neil. [March 1971.] 10pp.
Major Topic: War crime trials issue.0258 Snow, C. P. [December 1971.] 2pp.
Major Topic: Science in war and government.0260 Stillman, Edmund. [Undated.] 7pp.
Major Topic: Bombing technology used against NVN.0267 Strategic Survey, 1969. [Undated.] 4pp.
Major Topic: Vietnam War situation.0271 Taylor, Telford. [April 1971.] 27pp.
Major Topics: Trial of Lieutenant William Calley; war crimes issue.0298 Thompson, Sir Robert. [June 1972.] 4pp.
Major Topics: Lack of press acknowledgement of VC/NVA atrocities; 1972 Easter Offensive;mining of NVN harbors.
0302 Thomson, James C.[, Jr.]. [January 1971 and undated.] 17pp.Major Topic: Views on U.S. Asia and Vietnam policies.
0319 Toynbee, Arnold. [March 1972.] 6pp.0325 Yarmolinsky, Adam. [Undated; January–March 1971; and May 1972.] 39pp.
Major Topics: U.S. military policy and foreign intervention; arms control; threat of military-industrial complex; drug abuse problem.
Vietnam General [Subjects]0365 Air Power. [May and August 1972.] 10pp.
Major Topics: Enemy survivability; review of Air War in Indochina.0375 Oct[ober] 31, [19]68 Bombing Halt. [April 1972.] 4pp.0379 [Bombing] 1965. [February 1971.] 2pp.
Major Topic: Justification for bombing.0381 NSSM I. 1969. [August 1972.] 2pp. [3frs.]
Major Topic: Peace negotiations.0384 Basic Data. [April 1970.] 5pp.
Major Topic: Operational terminology and definitions.0389 Cambodia. [April 1972.] 4pp.0393 Chronology[, 11 February 1965–31 January 1966]. [Undated.] 6pp.0399 Chronolog[ies] of Tet [Offensive] Period[, 1 January–1 April 1968]. [Undated.] 21pp.0420 Civil-Military Relations, U.S. [June–July 1972.] 4pp.
Major Topics: Dismissal of Air Force General John D. Lavelle; Westmoreland’s accomplishmentsin RVN.
0424 Geneva Convention. [March–May 1971 and April–August 1972.] 53pp.Major Topics: Bombing of NVN dike system; ecological warfare; Stanford War Crimes Study
Group report; war crimes issue; use of tear gas; refugee situation; noncombatant casualtiesproblem.
0477 Indochina War. [Undated and June 1962.] 5pp.Major Topic: Chronology.
0482 Intelligence. [May and September 1971.] 3pp.Major Topic: “Civilianization” of intelligence-gathering at Pentagon.
0485 Khe Sanh. [December 1971.] 10pp.Major Topic: Operation PEGASUS.
0495 Lavelle Case. [June 1972.] 7pp.Major Topics: Congressional “witch-hunt” in response to “1971 protective reaction” raids
against NVN; control of the air war.0502 Lessons from the Vietnam War. [February 1969.] 31pp.0533 Lessons Learned 1972. (Empty Folder.) 1p.
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0534 Logistics. [November 1970.] 4pp.Major Topic: Joint Logistics Review Board report on civilian conduct of the war.
0538 Manila [Summit] Conference [Booklet]. [ca. 1966.] 17pp.0555 Maps. [Undated.] 4pp.
Major Topics: 1968 Tet Offensive; military boundaries.0559 Military Critics. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0560 My Lai/War Crimes. [January and August–December 1970 and March–November 1971.] 133pp.
Major Topics: Ecological problems; morality of the war; reaction to Calley verdict; TheBarbarism of Ho Chi Minh; My Lai Incident; alleged atrocities in SVN.
0694 News Media. [March, June, and November 1971 and January 1972.] 13pp.Major Topic: Press reporting of war.
Box 260707 Pacification. [June 1972.] 14pp.
Major Topics: Effects of Easter Offensive; PHOENIX program.0721 Pentagon Papers—1971. [June–July and November 1971 and April 1972.] 69pp.
Major Topic: Press reporting and reactions to Pentagon Papers.0790 Pentagon Papers—Diplomacy. [June 1972.] 15pp.
Major Topics: Press reporting and reactions to Pentagon Papers; excerpts from diplomacysection.
0805 Public Opinion. [September 1970; December 1971; August 1972; and July 1973.] 8pp.Major Topic: Polls.
0813 Questions & Answers on U.S. Involvement in Vietnam. [October 1970.] 88pp.0901 SVN Economy. [June–July and November 1971 and January and June 1972.] 56pp.
Major Topics: Effects of the war; land reform; pacification; AID annual report.
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Vietnam General [Subjects] cont.Box 26 cont.0001 SVN Politics. [August 1970; September 1971; and January and May–August 1972.] 11pp.
Major Topics: 1970 elections; Catholic-minority political power; Paris Peace talks; nationalmorale problem; Buddhists.
0012 Tet [Offensive]—1968. [Undated; February 1970; and February–March, July–August, andNovember 1971.] 75pp.
Major Topics: Chronology of events, 1 January–31 March, 1968; Laotian Incursion (LAM SON719); troop augmentation chronology; leaks to the press; problem on U.S. cross-bordersplan.
0087 Tonkin Gulf [Incident]. [September 1971 and February 1972.] 11pp.0098 U. S. Organization. [March and July–December 1971 and February and May–July 1972.] 45pp.
Major Topics: Role of intellectuals in government; decline in foreign service careerists;student interest in foreign affairs; presidential leadership; “Vietnamization” of the ForeignService.
0144 U.S. Politics. [April and July–August 1972.] 5pp.Major Topic: Richard Nixon’s handling of the war.
0149 USAID Reports [1970 Report only]. [January 1971.] 46pp.0195 Vietnam Bibliography. [Undated.] 5pp.0200 February 1965. [June 1971.] 2pp.
Major Topic: Decision to escalate war.
Vietnam War0203 January–June 1964. 11pp.
Major Topics: Conduct of the war; Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.–Paul Harkins relations; U.S. role in
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SVN.0214 July–December 1964. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0215 January–June 1965. 2pp.
Major Topic: Barry Goldwater on Vietnam War.0217 July–December 1965. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0218 January–June 1966. 5pp.
Major Topic: Implications of Vietnam War.0223 July–December 1966. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0224 January–June 1967. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0225 July–December 1967. 7pp.
Major Topics: Troop buildup; Battle of Dak To; containment of PRC.0232 January 1968. 9pp.
Major Topics: Bombing pause issue; stalemate issue.0241 February 1968. 7pp.
Major Topics: Tet Offensive; casualties; U.S. military leadership in SVN.0248 March 1968. 9pp.
Major Topics: Vinh Binh Province military situation; CSA promotion.0257 April 1968. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0258 May 1968. 4pp.
Major Topics: Negotiating with NVN; conduct of the war.0262 June 1968. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0263 July–December 1968. 6pp.
Major Topics: Progress in U.S. army development; military manager concept.0269 January–June 1969. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0270 July–December 1969. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0271 January–June 1970. 12pp.
Major Topics: NVN battlefield tactics; progress of the war; Cambodian Incursion.0283 July–September 1970. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0284 October–December 1970. 8pp.
Major Topics: Change in enemy strategy; conduct of the war.0292 January–March 1971. 51pp.
Major Topics: Vietnamization; disengagement issue; Laotian Incursion [LAM SON 719]; U.S.withdrawals; press coverage of the war; progress of the war.
0343 April–June 1971. 21pp.Major Topics: Laotian Incursion [LAM SON 719]; U.S. withdrawals; Laotian and Cambodian
war situations.0364 July–August 1971. 38pp.
Major Topics: U.S. withdrawals; Paris Peace Talks; VC peace proposal; Northern I Corpssituation; GVN political situation; Pentagon Papers; SVN elections.
0402 September–October 1971. 8pp.Major Topics: “New Army”; SVN elections; U.S. withdrawals.
0410 November–December 1971. 62pp.Major Topics: U.S. withdrawals; military situation; military budget; Robert F. Froehlke visit to
SEA; Cambodian military situation; critics of Richard Nixon war policy; Henry A. Kissingeron the Vietnam War; Westmoreland’s Face the Nation interview on the status of the U.S.Army.
0472 January–February 1972. 34pp.Major Topics: Bombing of NVN; changes in the army; report on Robert F. Froehlke’s visit to
SEA; increase in enemy infiltration and threat of new offensive.0506 March–April 1972. 124pp.
Major Topics: NVA Easter Offensive; Cambodian political and military situation; foreignmilitary assistance to Vietnam; GVN political situation; military situation in I Corps; RVNmilitary situation; Hue situation; U.S. air operations.
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Box 270630 May–June 1972. 67pp.
Major Topics: NVA Easter Offensive; GVN political situation; military situation in I Corps andHighlands; Hue and An Loc situations.
0697 July–August 1972. 80pp.Major Topics: U.S. withdrawals; Kissinger-Thieu consultations; Paris Peace Talks; progress of
the war; Cambodian and Laotian military situations; military operations in Quang TriProvince; U.S. air operations; criticism of Salinger Mission to Paris.
0777 Recent Press Coverage. [June 1968.] 182pp.Major Topics: U.S. command organization in SVN; Tet Offensive; U.S. reinforcements; CSA
appointment; Westmoreland’s April and May visits to White House; progress of the war;Operation DELAWARE in Ashau [A Shau] Valley; Allied counteroffensive; enemy morale;Creighton W. Abrams; Westmoreland’s assessment of the war; military situation.
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Vietnam CampaignsBox 27 cont.0001 Duc Lo [Co] and Plei Me. [June 1966.] 8pp.
Major Topics: Use of armor in Central Highlands; Armored Task Force relief operations.
U.S. Strategy0009 January–February 1964. 3pp.0012 November–December 1967. 2pp.
Major Topic: Westmoreland Plan.0014 January–February 1968. 4pp.
Major Topic: Tet Offensive.0018 March–April 1968. 2pp.
Major Topic: “Graduated response” strategy.0020 May–June 1968. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0021 July–August 1968. 5pp.
Major Topic: “Gradualism.”0026 September–October 1968. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0027 November–December 1968. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0028 January–February 1969. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0029 March–April 1969. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0030 May–June 1969. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0031 July–August 1969. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0032 September–October 1969. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0033 November–December 1969. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0034 January–February 1970. 2pp.0036 March–April 1970. 4pp.
Major Topics: 1962 Geneva Accords on Laos; Cambodia; Vietnamization.0040 May–June 1970. 2pp.
Major Topics: Cambodia; Vietnamization.0042 July–August 1970. 3pp.
Major Topics: Cambodian Incursion; strategy vis-à-vis Laos and Cambodia.0045 September–October 1970. 3pp.
Major Topic: Cambodian Incursion.0048 November–December 1970. 5pp.
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Major Topics: Presidential credibility; Richard Nixon’s war policy.0053 January–February 1971. 11pp.
Major Topics: Cambodia; Laotian Incursion [LAM SON 719].0064 March–April 1971. 7pp.
Major Topic: Richard Nixon’s war policy.0071 May–June 1971. 5pp.
Major Topics: 1965 escalation decision; Pentagon Papers.0076 July–August 1971. 7pp.
Major Topics: NVN negotiating proposals; Pentagon Papers.0083 September–October 1971. 10pp.
Major Topics: FWMAF funding; Mansfield and Cooper-Church amendments to Foreign AidBill.
0093 November–December 1971. 3pp.0096 January–February 1972. 7pp.
Major Topics: Stalemate issue; peace negotiations.0103 March–April 1972. 17pp.
Major Topics: NVA Easter Offensive; U.S. air offensive; Vietnamization.0120 May–June 1972. 30pp.
Major Topics: NVA Easter Offensive; U.S. air offensive; Vietnamization; peace negotiations.0150 July–August 1972. 30pp.
Major Topics: NVA Easter Offensive; Paris Peace Talks; 1972 presidential elections; U.S.withdrawals; passage of Foreign Aid Bill; Ramsey Clark.
NVN Strategy0181 September–October 1967. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0182 November–December 1967. 3pp.
Major Topic: Battle of Dak To.0185 January–February 1968. 4pp.
Major Topics: Bombing pause; stalemate issue.0189 January–February 1970. 7pp.
Major Topics: NLF’s “New Program”; protracted war strategy.0196 March–April 1970. 6pp.
Major Topic: Reduction in casualties.0202 May–June 1970. 4pp.
Major Topic: Progress of the war.0207 July–August 1970. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0208 September–October 1970. 2pp.0210 November–December 1970. 4pp.
Major Topic: Cambodian situation.0214 January–February 1971. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0215 March–April 1971. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0216 May–June 1971. 4pp.
Major Topic: Vo Nguyen Giap.0220 July–August 1971. 6pp.
Major Topics: NVN–PRC relations; NVN review of the war.0226 September–October 1971. 2pp.0228 November–December 1971. 4pp.
Major Topic: Reevaluation of strategy by NVN.0232 January–February 1972. 6pp.
Major Topic: U.S. POWs issue; NVA big-unit operational strategy.0238 March–April 1972. 20pp.
Major Topics: NVA big-unit operational strategy; Easter Offensive; NVN peace offer to
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Cambodia.0258 May–June 1972. 9pp.
Major Topic: Easter Offensive.0267 July–August 1972. 10pp.
Major Topic: Easter Offensive; PRC’s Vietnam policy.
SVN Officials0278 Huong, Tran Van. [September 1971.] 2pp.0280 Ky, Nguyen Cao. [November 1970.] 12pp.
Major Topic: U.S. Military Academy, West Point, speech.0292 Lam, Pham Dang. [September 1971.] 2pp.0294 Minh, Duong Van. [July 1971.] 3pp.0297 Thieu, Nguyen Van. [September and December 1971.] 12pp.
Major Topics: Presidential election; position on proposed peace settlement.0309 Thi, Nguyen Chanh. [November 1971.] 2pp.
[U.S./Foreign] Military LeadersBox 280312 Bradley, Omar Nelson. [March 1971.] 7pp.
Major Topic: “Military influence” in civil government.0319 de Gaulle, Charles. [November 1970.] 8pp.0327 MacArthur, Douglas. [Undated.] 11pp.
Major Topics: March 14, 1953 address at U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York; tributes.0338 Patton, George S., Jr. [Undated.] 4pp.0342 Ridgeway, Matthew. [April–July 1971.] 25pp.
Major Topics: Views on Vietnam War and U.S. Army; disengagement issue.0367 Zhukov, Marshal. [July 1971.] 4pp.
Philosophy of War0372 Philosophy of War. [October 1971 and January and April–May 1972.] 5pp.
Major Topics: “Good war–bad war” definition; limited warfare; ideology.0377 Clausewitz, [Karl von]. [1971.] 2pp.0379 Hart, Liddel. [October 1970 and January 1971.] 14pp.0393 Khrushchev, Nikita. [ca. 1961.] 16pp.
Major Topics: Soviet international doctrine; “wars of liberation.”0409 Mill, John Stewart [Stuart]. [Undated.] 2pp.0411 Stalin[, Josef]. [January 1972.] 3pp.
Major Topic: Indictment of Stalinism.0414 Sun Tzu. [Undated.] 3pp.
Historical Issues [and General/Foreign]0418 Army Reforms, 1898–1901. [February 1971.] 9pp.
Major Topic: Congress and army reorganization.0427 British Empire. [July 1972.] 4pp.0431 Cuban Missile Crisis[, Khrushchev version of the]. [Undated.] 4pp.0435 World War II[, Origins of]. [August 1971 and July–August 1972.] 8pp.0443 War [and Strategic] Studies. [January 1971 and Autumn 1971.] 33pp.
Major Topics: Military education; strategic analysis concepts.0476 Foreign Relations of the United States. [April 1970.] 13pp.
Major Topic: American Historical Association’s advisory committee.
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0489 Origins of SEATO. [January 1970.] 2pp.0491 Memoirs. [Undated and August 1972.] 5pp.
Major Topic: Classification of government documents.0496 [“]Origins of Cold War[” Conference]. [May 1972.] 3pp.
VC/NVA/Chinese Officials et al.0500 Ho Chi Minh. [June 1972.] 3pp.0503 Le Duan. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0504 Prince [Norodom] Sihanouk. [January 1972.] 2pp.0506 Mao Tse-tung. [Undated.] 9pp.
Major Topic: Philosophy.
Military Leaders, Pre–W[orld] W[ar] II0516 Cromwell, Oliver. [October 1971.] 3pp.0519 Napoleon [Bonaparte]. [October 1971.] 3pp.
Commanders in Chief0523 Eisenhower, Dwight D. [July 1970; October 1971; and April 1972.] 14pp.
Major Topic: Biographical reviews.0537 Johnson, Lyndon B. [February and April 1970; May–July and October–December 1971; and
February and May 1972.] 96pp.Major Topics: Political legitimacy; buildup to Tet Offensive; March 31, 1968 bombing halt
decision; prosecution of the war; The Vantage Point; politics.0633 Kennedy, John F. [January and October–November 1971 and May 1972.] 14pp.
Major Topics: Biographical reviews; June 1962 commencement speech, U.S. Military Academy,West Point, New York.
0647 Nixon, Richard M. [July 1970; March–April 1971; and February and May–June 1972.] 23pp.Major Topics: Political style and doctrine; My Lai Incident; prosecution of the war.
0670 Roosevelt, Franklin D. [November 1970; October 1971; and May–June 1972.] 18pp.Major Topics: Eleanor Roosevelt; cold war origins.
0688 Wilson, Woodrow. [December 1971.] 6pp.Major Topic: Review of foreign affairs.
General Military0695 Law of War. [Fall 1970; ca. 1972; and undated.] 24pp.
Major Topics: Air operations; My Lai Incident; rules of war.0719 Military Justice. [February–April 1970 and April and September–October 1971.] 10pp.
Major Topics: Hugo L. Black; military vs. civilian justice; My Lai Incident.0729 Military Manpower. [August–September 1970 and January–March 1971.] 12pp.
Major Topic: All-Volunteer Army.0741 Misc. [March 1969; June–December 1970; December 1971; January–May 1972.] 38pp.
Major Topics: Military retrenchment and reform; defense spending cuts; Melvin Laird.0779 War Powers. [March 1971.] 2pp.0781 West Point [U.S. Military Academy]. [October 1970; June 1972; and undated.] 24pp.
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General Foreign0806 Chinese [PRC] Army. [August–October 1971.] 4pp.0810 Chou En-lai. [June 1972.] 2pp.
Major Topic: Korean War and peace negotiations.0812 Korean War. [ca. 1964 and undated.] 8pp.
Major Topics: Casualty statistics; war chronology.0820 Nazi Germany. [January 1971 and April 1972.] 10pp.
Major Topic: Albert Speer.0830 North Korea. [May–July 1972.] 12pp.
Major Topics: Peace efforts and coexistance; Kim Il Sung.0842 World War I. [April–May 1972.] 5pp.
National Security Affairs
0847 January–February 1971. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0848 March–April 1971. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0849 May–June 1971. 2pp.
Major Topic: House of Representatives and war.0851 July–August 1971. 3pp.
Major Topics: Nuclear testing; responsibility for the Vietnam War.0854 September–October 1971. 3pp.
Major Topics: U.S.–Soviet nuclear arsenals and SALT; PRC.0857 November–December 1971. 2pp.
Major Topic: Joint Chiefs of Staff advisory role.0859 January–February 1972. 3pp.
Major Topic: Presidential war powers.0862 March–April 1972. 15pp.
Major Topics: Presidential war powers; Central Intelligence Agency; congressional armedservices committees.
0877 May–June 1972. 2pp.Major Topic: U.S.–Soviet relations.
Military Writers0880 Bradford, Zeb B.[, Jr.]. [November–December 1971 and February 1972.] 62pp.
Major Topic: U.S. Vietnam tactics and lessons learned.0942 Clark [first name unavailable]. [Undated.] 26pp.
Major Topic: U.S. Military Academy, West Point.0968 Clarke, Bruce C. [November 1969; January–March 1970; and undated.] 20pp.
Major Topics: Morale in SVN; racial integration in the military; military leadership; militaryconduct.
Box 290988 Deagle, Edwin A. [August 1972.] 3pp.
Major Topic: Political intrusion in military establishment.0991 Eaker, Ira C. [September 1970.] 5pp.
Major Topic: National security.0996 Eccles, Henry E. [February 1969 and March 1970.] 21pp.
Major Topics: Teaching military theory; Suez Crisis and lessons learned.1017 Gard, Robert G., Jr. [May 1971.] 15pp.
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Major Topics: Views on war crime trials; political intrusion in military policy.1032 Hackworth, David. [June 1971.] 2pp.
Major Topic: “Friendly fire” casualties.1034 Hart, Franklin A. [April 1972 and undated.] 51pp.
Major Topics: U.S. compliance with international laws of war; command responsibility andthe “Yamashita Principle.”
1085 Hauser, William L. [November 1971.] 62pp.Major Topic: Armies and Societies: Three Case Studies.
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Military Writers cont.Box 29 cont.0001 Hauser, William L. cont. [April 1972.] 31pp.
Major Topics: Strategic Implications of Societal Change.0032 King, Edward L. [April–May 1972.] 7pp.
Major Topic: Views on army organizational and doctrine changes.0039 Knowlton, William A. [August 1945.] 13pp.0052 McCaffey, Barry R. [December 1970.] 68pp.
Major Topic: The Policy Process—United States Disengagement in Vietnam: The Role ofPublic Opinion and Congress.
International Affairs0120 January–February 1971. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0121 March–April 1971. 2pp.
Major Topic: International politics.0123 May–June 1971. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0124 July–August 1971. 3pp.
Major Topics: U.S. China policy; international relations.0127 September–October 1971. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0128 November–December 1971. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0129 January–February 1972. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0130 March–April 1972. 12pp.
Major Topics: NATO; international relations; West European integration.0142 May–June 1972. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0143 July–August 1972. 5pp.
Major Topics: U.S. “summitry”; Soviet threat in Europe.
Army Issues0149 January–February 1971. 4pp.
Major Topic: All-Volunteer Army.0153 May–June 1971. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0154 July–August 1971. 13pp.
Major Topic: Military “theology.”0167 September–October 1971. 63pp.
Major Topics: Problems in U.S. Army in Europe; army discipline and violence problems;leadership; All-Volunteer Army issue.
0230 November–December 1971. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0231 January–February 1972. (Empty Folder.) 1p.0232 March–April 1972. 10pp.
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Major Topic: Military justice.0242 May–June 1972. 2pp.
Major Topic: General Creighton Abrams.0244 July–August 1972. 7pp.
Major Topics: Leadership; All-Volunteer Army issue.
General Domestic Issues
0252 Rural Development. [July and October 1971.] 77pp.Major Topic: S. 2223 [to establish a nationwide Rural Development Credit and Incentives
System.]0329 Corps of Engineers. [May 1971.] 9pp.
Major Topic: “Environment repair.”0338 International Law. [June 1972.] 2pp.
Major Topics: UN; U.S. secretary of state.0340 Education. [March–April 1972.] 23pp.
Major Topics: Education crisis; collectivization of Hubris.0363 Liberty. [April 1972.] 2pp.0365 Medical Care. [December 1970 and April 1972.] 4pp.0369 South. [February and April 1971.] 4pp.
Major Topics: Culture shock; role models.0373 Student Values. [October 1968.] 16pp.
Major Topic: “What Businessmen Need to Know About the Student Left.”0389 Values. [June, October, and December 1971 and May–July 1972.] 23pp.
Major Topics: Jeffersonian political values; political situation; popular disillusionment;American liberalism.
0412 Violence. [June 1970 and March and May 1972.] 9pp.Major Topics: Charles Manson; “age of violence.”
0421 Political Science. [April and June 1972.] 5pp.Major Topic: 1972 presidential campaign.
0426 Transportation. [August 1972.] 3pp.
Ellsberg Case
0429 [June–August 1972.] 64pp.Major Topics: Leaks to press; Pentagon Papers; wiretapping.
Adelphi Papers
0493 November 1970. 39pp.Major Topics: Military Manpower and Political Purpose; Europe and America in the 1970s:
Between Détente and Confrontation.
InterviewsCharles B. MacDonald’s Interviews and Notes with
General William C. WestmorelandThese interviews were used by General Westmoreland in the compilation of his book, A Soldier Reports. There are
two interviews that were conducted in 1970 under the auspices of the Center for Military History. The contents of mostof the interviews in this section have been subdivided topically. These topics are listed in a “Table of Contents” withcorresponding alphabetical tabs, preceding the interview. Interviews that do not contain a “Table of Contents” have theprimary topics listed in brackets [see frame 0777 below, for example].
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Box 300534 28 January 1973, Washington, D.C. 118pp.0652 4–5 February 1973, Charleston, South Carolina. 125pp.0777 1 April 1970, Washington, D.C. [Request for troops and Wheeler visit to RVN.] 5pp.0782 11 February 1973, Washington, D.C. 53pp.0835 12–14 March 1973, [location unavailable]. 62pp.0897 19–20 March 1973, [location unavailable]. 60pp.0957 19–20 March 1973, [location unavailable]. 60pp.1017 2 April 1973, [location unavailable]. 52pp.1069 10 April 1973, Charleston, South Carolina. 42pp.1111 17 April 1973, Charleston, South Carolina. 49pp.
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Charles B. MacDonald’s Interviews and Notes withGeneral William C. Westmoreland cont.
These interviews were used by General Westmoreland in the compilation of his book, A Soldier Reports. There aretwo interviews that were conducted in 1970 under the auspices of the Center for Military History. The contents of mostof the interviews in this section have been subdivided topically. These topics are listed in a “Table of Contents” withcorresponding alphabetical tabs, preceding the interview. Interviews that do not contain a “Table of Contents” have theprimary topics listed in brackets [see frame 0431 below, for example].
Box 30 cont.0001 24 April 1973, Charleston, South Carolina. 49pp.0050 7 May 1973, [location unavailable]. 64pp.0114 20 May 1973, [location unavailable]. 55pp.
Box 310169 17 June 1973, [Charleston, South Carolina]. 103pp.0272 18 June 1973, Washington, D.C. 56pp.0328 15–17 August 1973 (I), [location unavailable]. 69pp.0397 15–17 August 1973 (II), [location unavailable]. 34pp.0431 8 July 1970, [location unavailable]. [U.S. Marine Corps operations in I Corps; unified command
in I Corps.] 5pp.0436 7 June 1973, [location unavailable]. 53pp.0489 August 1973, Washington, D.C. 48pp.
Charles B. MacDonald’s Interviews and Notes with Contemporary MilitaryFigures regarding General William C. Westmoreland
These interviews were conducted for use by General Westmoreland in the compilation of his book, A SoldierReports. The contents of these interviews have not been subdivided topically.
0537 Interview with [Brigadier] General [Robert] Ashworth, [U.S. Army], Columbia, South Carolina.21 June 1973. 8pp.
0545 Interview with Lieutenant General Joseph A. Moore (U.S. Air Force, Ret.). 23 April 1973. 6pp.0551 Interview with General Frank Osmanski, [U.S. Army], Beaufort, South Carolina. 16 June 1973. 6pp.0557 Interview with Lieutenant General George Forsythe, [U.S. Army], Beaufort, South Carolina. 16
June 1973. 7pp.0564 Interview with Major General [Rathvon McC.] Tompkins, U.S. Marine Corps, Beaufort, South
Carolina. 16 June 1973. 7pp.0571 Interview with Lieutenant General Johnathan Seaman, Beaufort, South Carolina. 16 June 1973.
6pp.
Fonecons[February 1968–October 1968]
0577 February 1968. 184pp.
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Subject IndexThe following index is a guide to the major topics, organizations, programs, and individuals in this microform publication.
Selected individual report titles have been indexed due to their importance and content. Subjects of individual speechesby General Westmoreland have been indexed separately, but also appear under the heading “Westmoreland, William C.” Inaddition, Vietnamese names have not been inverted.
The first number after each entry or subentry refers to the reel, while the four-digit number following the colon refersto the frame number at which a particular file folder containing information on the subject begins. Hence, 3: 0205 directsthe reseacher to the folder that begins at Frame 0205 of Reel 3. By referring to the Reel Index, which constitutes the initialsegment of this guide, the researcher will find the folder title, inclusive dates, and a list of major topics arranged in the orderin which the material appears on the film. GVN and RVN are interchangeable.
AAB142
1967 Combined Campaign Plan 9: 0726AB143
1968 Combined Campaign Plan 11: 0516; 14: 0100Abrams, Creighton
18: 0476, 0813; 19: 0001; 22: 0777; 24: 0242Accommodation in South Vietnam: The Key toSociopolitical Solidarity
20: 0446Acheson, Dean
19: 0006ACTIV Tests
1: 0384Adelphi Papers
24: 0493Advisory effort, U.S.
in RVN 2: 0440, 0590; 3: 0205; 12: 0420scientific for MACV 12: 0420in Thailand 2: 0440; 5: 0282see also Military advisors, U.S.
Aerial interdictionsee Air operations, U.S.
After action report1/12/4 8: 0001
“Age of violence”24: 0412
AgricultureGVN reform policy 5: 0282rubber plantations study 8: 0001see also Land matters
AIDactivities 6: 0596problems 8: 0222reports 21: 0901; 22: 0149see also USOM
Air bases; facilities, U.S.Danang 5: 0048Hue 9: 0930in Quang Tri Province 10: 0802Tan Son Nhut 5: 0162
AircraftU.S. for VNAF 6: 0001, 0140
Air defenseDanang 5: 0048deployments 5: 0804requirements 7: 0331
Air Force, U.S.interservice rivalry 5: 0804; 7: 0092Joint U.S. Board to Study Tactical Air Firepower 5: 0663role in the war 5: 0663Tactical Air Firepower Study 5: 0804
Air forcesNVN capabilities 5: 0048VNAF 6: 0001, 0140; 13: 0759
Air forces, U.S.aircraft use in-country 4: 0640air power in RVN 8: 0373; 21: 0365B-52 deployments 8: 0772at Battle of Khe Sanh 16: 0058control of 21: 0495control of, in I Corps 13: 0315, 0515in RVN 6: 01407th Air Force 7: 0092; 8: 0092tasks 6: 0596utilization of assets 2: 0940
Air operations, Australian5: 0486
Air operations, U.S.aerial resupply systems 13: 0315B-52 air strikes
general 5: 0391, 0663; 7: 0331; 11: 0001interference in 5: 0663operations 8: 0581, 0772strike plan 8: 0373
The War in Vietnam36
Strike Program 5: 0804“Bombing for Political Effect” 20: 0705
Air operations, U.S. cont.bombing reprisals
1964 3: 09031965 4: 0133, 04391965—objectives of 4: 0640
close air support 13: 0759command issue 6: 0596in Daksut District, Kontum Province 4: 0640in DMZ vicinity 7: 0498effect of, on NVN 7: 0498enemy survivability from 21: 0365FARMGATE Program 4: 0640general 6: 0356; 10: 0298; 13: 0759; 14: 0574; 17: 0729;
19: 0735; 22: 0472, 0506, 0697; 25: 0761, 0830in-country 4: 0439, 0640; 5: 0663interdiction of infiltration routes 6: 0140, 0356; 7: 0590;
8: 0772; 9: 0726justification for bombing of 9: 0726; 21: 0379in Laos—restrictions 7: 0331management 25: 05771968 “understanding on bombing of NVN” 20: 0011against NVN dike system 21: 0424“protective reaction” against NVN 21: 0148, 0495response to 1972 Easter Offensive 23: 0103, 0120ROLLING THUNDER 4: 0640; 5: 0391; 7:0761; 19: 0223rules of engagement 7: 0590; 23: 0695statistics 15: 0607targeting 4: 0988TALLY HO, in DMZ 7: 0331technology used against NVN 21: 0260TIGER HOUND, along Ho Chi Minh Trail 6: 0001, 0356see also Bombing pauses; halts
Air War in Indochina21: 0365
All-Volunteer Army19: 0122; 23: 0729; 24: 0149, 0167, 0244see also “New Army”
Alsop, Stewart19: 0685
Ambrose, Stephen E.19: 0688
AMERICAL Divisioncommanders conference with 2nd ARVN Division
11: 0516Schell, Jonathan—article 12: 0132
American Historical Association23: 0476
Ammunitionsee Ordnance
Analysis of “Operations in Vietnam, January 1964–June1968”
14: 0894
An Giang Province8: 0001
An Loc, Binh Long Provincesituation 22: 0630
Anti-Americanism4: 0289; 6: 0596
Anti-infiltration barriergeneral 8: 0373, 0581plans 8: 0222see also Strongpoint/Obstacle Barrier System
An Xuyen Provincequarantine OPLAN 2: 0001, 0027
ANZACpress on relations between U.S. and 5: 0959
April Consultationsin Washington, D.C. 4: 0988
Area denial weapons6: 0140see also Ecological matters
Armed Forces CouncilGVN 4: 0001; 5: 0048
Armed Forces Policy CouncilGVN 4: 0133
Armed Forces Television, U.S.programming 6: 0140
Armed Services Committeesee House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.
Armies and Societies: Three Case Studies23: 1085
ArmorARVN 8: 0373deployment of armored cavalry regiment 6: 0356study 8: 0222unsuitability in SVN 5: 0391use in Central Highlands 23: 0001
Armored Task Forcerelief operations 23: 0001
Arms control21: 0155, 0325see also SALT
ArmyNorth Vietnamese (NVA) units in RVN—Westmoreland
on 9: 0336PRC 23: 0806see also Enemy; NVN
Army, U.S.advisory efforts 3: 0205All-Volunteer Army 19: 0122; 23: 0729; 24: 0149, 0167,
0244assessment of 17: 0338changes in 20: 0520; 22: 0472Civil Disturbance Information Collection Mission
17: 0001“crisis in the Army” issue 17: 0121
Air operations, U.S. cont.
37Papers of William C. Westmoreland
cutbacks 15: 0607; 18: 0468development progress 22: 0263discipline 18: 0476; 23: 0167doctrinal changes 24: 0032fact sheets on Vietnam War 16: 0549goals 15: 0170interview assessing effects of Vietnam War on the
17: 0338leadership 18: 0476military manager concept 22: 0263morale 18: 0476“New Army” 18: 0551organizational changes 24: 0032race relations in 18: 0813reforms—1898–1901 23: 0418review of, before House Armed Service Committee
18: 0551senior executive level 18: 0476status of 22: 0410U.S. Army Support Command, Cam Ranh Bay 8: 0581weapons system selection process 16: 0151worldwide readiness 13: 0104see also CSA; MACV
Army aviation, U.S.and helicopters 18: 0688
The Army in a Changing SocietyU.S. 18: 0476
Army in Europe, U.S.problems in 24: 0167
Arnett, Peter19: 0691
Article 92charge against Westmoreland 16: 0549
ArtilleryAustralian Task Force 7: 0590New Zealand Battery 5: 0804; 6: 0140U.S.—artillery and counterfire evaluation 14: 0320U.S.—M102 Howitzer 6: 0596see also “Friendly fire”
ARVNarmor 8: 0373“close association” concept with U.S. units 6: 0869;
7: 0001, 0331combat ration 7: 0092commissary problems 8: 0373conventional orientation of 8: 0092dependent housing problems 8: 0373desertion problem 6: 0001effectiveness 6: 0869effect of 1972 Easter Offensive on 21: 0211encadrement of U.S. troops with 5: 0001force strength 9: 0930general rank appointments 8: 0001image 11: 0516
improvement 11: 0375leadership training 6: 0140M-16 rifles for 12: 0355manning of Strongpoint/Obstacle Barrier System
11: 0001military equipment—modernizing by U.S. 11: 0516mission 18: 0250MTT 8: 0581Perry, Merton D.—article on controversy 11: 0375Rangers—counter-infiltration activities 8: 0373Rangers—military conduct 5: 0804; 7: 0331and RD 8: 0092, 0373relations with USMC 6: 0140role in CORDS 10: 0298security role in RD 7: 0331support of pacification 10: 0517support of RD 7: 0590, 0953; 8: 0222training 7: 0953; 8: 0001unit commander problems 8: 0373U.S. buildup of 1: 0785U.S. improvement of 9: 0930Vann, John Paul—1963 news articles 19: 0610see also RVNAF
Ashau (A Shau) ValleyOperation DELAWARE 13: 0896; 22: 0777Operation YORK 12: 0420
Ashworth, Robert25: 0537
Asiaforeign policy—U.S. 19: 0052; 21: 0302U.S. presence in 20: 0525see also East Asia
Asian Parliamentarians’ Uniondeclaration on the war 12: 0132
Asian Survey19: 0694
Asia-Pacific regionorganizations 9: 0001
“Assessment of Alternatives for SEA”10: 0298
Assistance-in-Kind (AIK) Funds5: 0162
Association of Southeast Asia9: 0001
Association of the U.S. Army15: 0607
Atrocitiesalleged in SVN 21: 0560enemy—lack of press acknowledgement 21: 0298see also My Lai; Son My
Attitudes
The War in Vietnam38
AttitudesAmerican-Vietnamese differences 12: 0420provincial—report and press summary 13: 0759;
14: 0100U.S.
general 18: 0325popular disillusionment 24: 0389toward SVN 3: 0783
see also Public affairs; relations; opinionsATTLEBORO
8: 0001Attrition
rate formula 9: 0726strategy 18: 0325; 20: 0598see also Body count issue
Australiaair operations 5: 0486Australian Forces, Vietnam 5: 0804Australian Task Force 6: 0596; 7: 0001, 0498; 8: 0581general 5: 0048military deployments to RVN 5: 0162; 18: 0551on the war 11: 0516
BB-3 Front
1968 Winter-Spring Campaign 11: 0747Baguio Conference
U.S. Chiefs of Mission 8: 0772–0961; 9: 0001BAKER
military operation 10: 0635Baldwin, Hanson W.
19: 0708Ball, George W.
19: 0028; 21: 0148Ban Don, Darlac Province
U.S. Special Forces camp 8: 0001Banks; banking
U.S. in SVN 6: 0596The Barbarism of Ho Chi Minh
21: 0560Ba Ria, Battle of (Phuoc Tuy Province)
7: 0498Barnet, Richard
19: 0714Base Area 607
enemy 13: 0896Bau Bang, Battle of (Binh Duong Province)
8: 0772Beech, Keyes
19: 0735Berger, Samuel
“pep talk” with SVN generals controversy 13: 0896
BibliographyVietnam 22: 0195
Bickel, Alexander M.19: 0737
Bien Hoa Incident (Bien Hoa Province)3: 0608
Biographical reviewsEisenhower, Dwight D. 23: 0523Kennedy, John F. 23: 0633
Black, Eugeneon SEA trade problems 9: 0001
Black, Hugo L.23: 0719
BLACKJACKU.S.–led guerrilla forces 7: 0953
Blockadenaval, of NVN ports 19: 0230
“Blueprint for Victory”1967 report 15: 0170
Blue Ribbon Defense PanelWestmoreland appearance before 16: 0058
Blumenson, Martin19: 0746
Body countissue 17: 0729statistics 25: 0577–0830see also Military casualties
Bombing pauses; haltsgeneral 8: 0772; 22: 0232; 23: 0185March 31, 1968 decision 23: 0537Nguyen Van Thieu on 6: 0140October 31, 1968 halt 21: 0375see also Air operations
Borderscontrol plan—RVNAF 2: 0027and population control OPLAN—III Corps 1: 0962
Bowles, Chester19: 0052
Boys Nationconference 15: 0170
Bradford, Zeb B., Jr.23: 0880
Bradley, Omar Nelson23: 0312
Braestrup, Petergeneral 19: 0748on news reporting of the war 16: 0549
Brandon, Henry19: 0770
Briefing materialsReading File “Vietnam” 1: 0384see also Press
British Empire23: 0427
ATTLEBORO
39Papers of William C. Westmoreland
Brodie, Bernard19: 0777
“Brown Water Navy”see Riverine force; Waterways, inland
Buddhistsdemonstrations 2: 0849general 22: 0001military chaplains—subversive activities 7: 0092situation in I Corps 6: 0596; 7: 0001subversive activities 6: 0869
Bullock, Alan19: 0780
Bundy, McGeorgegeneral 20: 0357visit to RVN 4: 0283war policy 15: 0170
Bundy, William P.19: 0060; 20: 0102
Bunker, Ellsworthgeneral 19: 0079meeting with Nguyen Van Thieu 13: 0001“Meet the Press” session with Westmoreland 11: 0747on Vietnam War 15: 0607
Bunting, Josiah, III19: 0799
Buttinger, Joseph19: 0805
CCalifano, Joseph A.
19: 0122Calley, William
18: 0813; 21: 0271, 0560Cambodia
alleged support of VC 6: 0596chronology of events in 16: 0058“federation” idea for Vietnam, Laos, and 1: 0785general 8: 0001, 0092; 10: 0802; 20: 0013; 21: 0389;
23: 0036, 0040military situation 22: 0697NVN peace offer to 23: 0238sanctuaries in—enemy 6: 0001; 7: 0331, 0590; 9: 0726Sihanouk, Prince Norodom 23: 0504situation 9: 0118; 21: 0211; 23: 0210strategy vis-à-vis Laos and 23: 0042war situation in 19: 0193; 22: 0343
Cambodian Incursiongeneral 18: 0802; 19: 0079; 21: 0066, 0143; 22: 0271;
23: 0042, 0045planning 17: 0001
Camp Buon Sarpa (Bon Sar Pa), Central HighlandsRhade seizure of 3: 0001, 0030
Cam Ranh BayU.S. Army Support Command 8: 0581
Cam Ranh Bay Unit Commanders Conference9: 0726
Cao Dai sect1: 0583see also Hoa Hao sect
Cao Van Vienmeetings with Westmoreland 7: 0331; 8: 0772visit to U.S. 17: 0121
Captured enemy materialsdocuments 9: 0726; 13: 0104ordnance 2: 0027; 14: 0100
Casualtiessee Civilians; Military casualties
Ceasefire mattersconsiderations 5: 0282holiday 6: 0140; 8: 0222; 12: 0132, 0420October 1970 overture 16: 0549
CEDAR FALLSmilitary operation 8: 0373see also Iron Triangle; JUNCTION CITY
Central Highlandssee Highlands
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)23: 0862
Chapman, Leonard F.15: 0170
Chien Thang National Pacification Plan2: 0440
Chieu Hoi Programgeneral 10: 0924; 25: 08301967 Tet Returnee Survey 9: 0726
China, Republic of (ROC)military delegation visit to RVN 6: 0356
Cholon, Gia Dinh Province (CMD)enemy offensive in 14: 0574
Chou En-lai23: 0810
Christmas trucesee Ceasefire matters
CIDG Programcamps—Westmoreland visits to 6: 0140, 0596; 7: 0092general 3: 0205and RF conversion issue 6: 0140, 0356, 0516
CIIB Meetings10: 0802; 11: 0001, 0113, 0375, 0747
CIIC Meetings7: 0498, 0953; 8: 0001–0772; 9: 0118; 10: 0001, 0298,
0517CINCSEA
idea 8: 0373Civic action
general 3: 0030; 5: 0804; 12: 0802
Civilians; noncombatants
The War in Vietnam40
operations 1: 0193, 0465PSYWAR and Civic Action Conference 2: 0741see also Mobile Action Cadre; New Life Hamlet Program
Civil Disturbance Information Collection Missionarmy 17: 0001
Civilians; noncombatantsabuse of, by 33d ARVN Ranger Battalion 5: 0804American—conduct of 6: 0596American—relations with RVN police 5: 0804casualties 5: 0486, 0663; 6: 0596; 7: 0498; 10: 0298;
17: 0001; 18: 0250; 21: 0424Civilians; noncombatants cont.
detention facilities 11: 0113evacuation of U.S. dependents 4: 0001–0283military police arrest of 8: 0581
Civil mattersGVN law in counterinsurgency 5: 0162U.S.–GVN nonmilitary programs 5: 0001
Civil-military relations21: 0420
Civil unrest; demonstrationsin RVN
anti-American 4: 0289; 6: 0596Buddhists 2: 0849; 6: 0596student 2: 0849; 6: 0596
U.S. plan 25: 0977Claims
Nha Trang 5: 0391Clark, [?]
23: 0942Clark, Blair
20: 0001Clark, Ramsey
23: 0150Clarke, Bruce C.
23: 0968Clarke-Mayborn-Hillard Report on the Military Situation
13: 0104Clausewitz, Karl von
23: 0377Clifford, Clark
general 13: 0315; 15: 0170; 19: 0126on military deployments to SVN 19: 0208
“Close association” conceptARVN–U.S. unit 6: 0869; 7: 0001
CMR (CMD)security situation 6: 0869; 8: 0001situation 25: 0830
Coast Guard, U.S.accidental bombing of vessel of the 7: 0590
CoexistenceNorth Korea 23: 0830
Colby, W. E.19: 0158
Cold warorigins of 23: 0496, 0670
Collectivizationof Hubris 24: 0340
Combined Campaign PlansAB 142 (1967) 9: 0726AB 143 (1968) 11: 0516; 14: 0100
Combined Tactical Conferencemeetings 5: 0663
Command and coordinationsee Military command; coordination
Command and Staff CollegeRVN 10: 0802
Commanders Conferencesee Cam Ranh Bay Unit Commanders Conference; Nha
Trang (Unit) Commanders ConferenceCommander’s Estimate of the Military Situation in SVN
COMUSMACV 4: 0803see also Military assessments
“Commitment to the war” issueU.S. 4: 0439
Committee to Critique the Conduct of the War15: 0170
Communicationsenemy intercept activities 6: 0869general 15: 0476situation 5: 0959
Communism; communistsnegotiations with 11: 0217phases of warfare 7: 0498strategy 11: 0375“wars of liberation” 23: 0393“world struggle” 21: 0113see also “People’s War”; Revolutionary Doctrine; VC
Communist Blocpotential involvement 17: 0729
Communist Party, SVN6: 0596see also VC
COMUSMACVCommander’s Estimate of the Military Situation in
SVN 4: 0803Monthly Assessment 10: 0517; 11: 0001, 0516; 14: 0100Westmoreland’s advice to successor 14: 0100
Congress, U.S.armed services committees 23: 0862delegation visits to RVN 5: 0804discussion on war 9: 0336joint session of, for Westmoreland 9: 0336role of 24: 0052“witch-hunt” 21: 0495see also House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.
Congressional RecordWestmoreland biographical sketch 14: 0788
Civilians; noncombatants cont.
41Papers of William C. Westmoreland
Con Son Island11: 0516
ConstitutionRVN Provisional Charter 3: 0783
Constructionprojects 6: 0356refugee centers 15: 0019RMK 9: 0118see also Civic action; Military construction; Rural
constructionContainment doctrine
U.S. strategy 7: 0498Con Thien, Battle of (Quang Tri Province)
13: 0375, 0516Cooper, Chester L.
19: 0193Cooper-Church Amendments
to Foreign Aid Bill 23: 0083CORDS
ARVN role in 10: 0298and pacification 11: 0516
CORONADO IImilitary operation 10: 0298
Corps of EngineersU.S. Army 24: 0329see also Engineer troops
CorruptionSVN 7: 0331; 8: 0001; 10: 0298
Cost-reduction effortsU.S. 15: 0170see also Defense budget
CounterinfiltrationARVN Ranger activities 8: 0373see also Borders; CIDG
Counterinsurgencycampaign 5: 0663Critique of Counterinsurgency Operations, Vietnam, 5
July 1965 5: 0486The Malaysian Emergency in Retrospect: Organization
and Management of a Successful Counter-Insurgency Effort 19: 0281
role of GVN law in 5: 0162roles and mission—RVNAF 4: 0283U.S. strategy 1: 0583
Covert operationsgeneral 7: 0590; 8: 0222; 10: 0298PRAIRIE FIRE 10: 0298; 13: 0896Project BLACKJACK 7: 0953SHINING BRASS 7: 0590; 8: 0222see also PHOENIX Program; Special Forces, U.S.
Credibility gap issue11: 0217; 13: 0315
“Crisis in the Army” issue17: 0121
Critchfield, Richard20: 0008
Critical Provinces Reports2: 0170, 0307
Critique of Counterinsurgency Operations, Vietnam, 5 July1965
5: 0486Cross-border operations
general 2: 0741PRAIRIE FIRE 10: 0298; 13: 0896SHINING BRASS 7: 0590; 8: 0222see also Covert operations; RECONDO
CRYSTAL BALLidentification of future problems and planning 8: 0222
CSAAbrams, Creighton—promotion 19: 0001general 25: 0977nominations 14: 0100swearing-in remarks 15: 0019Westmoreland appointment 13: 0515; 22: 0248, 0777
CS agentsgeneral 5: 0663; 21: 0424Soviet propaganda on use of 7: 0001use of, in Iron Triangle 5: 0804
Cuban Missile CrisisKhrushchev, Nikita—version of 23: 0431
Cu Chi, Hua Nghia Provincearea operations 6: 0356
Culture shock24: 0369
CustomsGVN laws 7: 0590
DDaksut District, Kontum Province
air strikes in 4: 0640Dak To, Battle (Kontum Province)
1966 7: 00921967 11: 0747, 0939; 12: 0132; 18: 0325; 22: 0225;
23: 01821967—Hill 875 12: 0001; 18: 0325
Dalat, Tuyen Duc ProvinceDecember 2nd meeting of RVNAF generals 3: 0783
Danang, Quang Nam Provinceair defense 5: 0048Ninth MEB deployment to 4: 0439situation 6: 0569; 7: 0001Tet situation 12: 0802
Davidson, Daniel I.20: 0011
Deagle, Edwin A.23: 0988
Debriefing reportsTolson, John J. 15: 0170
Defense budget
The War in Vietnam42
Weyand, Fred C. 15: 0170Declaration of Honolulu
6: 0356Defense budget
GVN 8: 0092; 11: 0113U.S.
expenditures 15: 0607FY 1969 14: 0320general 15: 0170and Senator Margaret Chase Smith 15: 0607spending 18: 0699spending cuts 23: 0741
Defense Department, U.S.Blue Ribbon Defense Panel 16: 0058management 16: 0151speeches 18: 0786see also Laird, Melvin; McNamara, Robert S.
“Defense establishment”15: 0607see also Military affairs
Defense policy, U.S.McGovern, George 19: 0450see also Military policies
de Gaulle, Charles23: 0319
DELAWAREmilitary operation 13: 0896
Delta regionDong Tam Campaign 15: 0019Mekong Delta Force 6: 0596military deployments to—U.S. “Z” Division 7: 0092operation in—CORONADO II 10: 0298situation 6: 0140see also Riverine Force
DesertionARVN problem 6: 0001RVNAF problem 6: 0356
DétenteEurope and America in the 1970s: Between Detente
and Confrontation 24: 0493Detention facilities
civilian 11: 0113see also POWs
On Deterrence20: 0551see also Arms control
Dien Bien Phu, Battle of11: 0217
Disengagement issue22: 0292; 23: 0342; 24: 0052
Dissent; dissensionhistory of 11: 0516
press on U.S. homefront 9: 0511DMZ
air operations inOperation TALLY HO in 7: 0331U.S. air operational procedures 6: 0001vicinity 7: 0498by VNAF 13: 0759
ICC inspection of 7: 0590KANZUS International Force for 7: 0331, 0590; 8: 0092military situation 11: 0001situation 11: 0217; 12: 0132; 14: 0100violations 5: 0959
Do Cao Trigeneral 3: 0001relief of 6: 0596
Dodd, Thomas J.visit to RVN 5: 0048
Dog unitsuse of 5: 0804
Dong Tam Campaignin Delta—refugee center construction 15: 0019
Drawdown study5: 0663see also Military forces, U.S.
Drug abuse21: 0325; 25: 0977
DRVsee NVN
Duc Co, Pleiku Province23: 0001
Duong Van Minh (Big Minh)discussions with Westmoreland 3: 0205general 23: 0294meetings with Westmoreland 5: 0162
DYE MARKER Project10: 0802; 12: 0132, 0355; 13: 0515see also PRACTICE NINE
EEaker, Ira C.
23: 0991East Asia
12: 0355Easter Offensive (1972)
NVN 18: 0734; 19: 0490, 0748; 21: 0211, 0298, 0707;22: 0506, 0630; 23: 0150, 0238, 0258, 0267
Eccles, Henry E.23: 0996
Ecological mattersproblems 21: 0560warfare 21: 0424
Defense Department, U.S.
43Papers of William C. Westmoreland
see also Forest clearingEconomy
RVN 21: 0901U.S. 19: 0490
The Economy of Vietnam: Wartime Policies and PostwarPossibilities
12: 0627Education
crisis 24: 0340Eisenhower, Dwight D.
23: 0523Elections, RVN
1967presidential campaign 10: 0517, 0635presidential candidates 8: 0581situation 8: 0772U.S. observers 10: 0802; 11: 0001
1970 22: 00011971—general 19: 0193; 22: 0364, 04021971—presidential 23: 0297
Elections, U.S.1972 presidential—general 23: 01501972 presidential—McGovern, George 19: 0450
Electronic battlefield18: 0799
Ellsberg, Daniel20: 0013
Ellsberg Case24: 0429
Enemy (general)aims 14: 0788anti-elections activities 11: 0001atrocities 21: 0298Base Area 607 13: 0896bombardment of Saigon 14: 0574, 0788bombardment of U.S. military facilities 25: 0577buildup 6: 0001, 0140, 0596; 8: 0222; 12: 0420capabilities 13: 0515; 15: 0170; 17: 0729, 0814; 18: 0001casualties 14: 0320; 25: 0577, 0761I Corps 6: 0596; 12: 0420“General Uprising”—critique of 13: 0104initiatives 14: 0320intentions in Kontum Province 10: 0108LOCs in Laos 10: 0001military casualties 14: 0320military equipment and supplies—ordnance 2: 0027;
6: 0001, 0596; 14: 0100; 15: 0170military situation 6: 0869morale 7: 0498; 22: 0777operational strategy—big-unit 23: 0232, 0238order of battle 11: 0113performance 25: 0830Pike, Douglas—views on 21: 0066problems 14: 0320radio—analysis of broadcasts on Tet Offensive 13: 0896
radio—propaganda 14: 0100sanctuaries—general 6: 0596; 9: 0118sanctuaries in Cambodia 6: 0001; 7: 0331, 0590; 9: 0726situation 6: 0869; 17: 0814situation, appraisal of 8: 0772strategy 6: 0869; 7: 0331; 8: 0092; 10: 0108; 12: 0420;
13: 0001; 14: 0100, 0788; 15: 0170; 17: 0338, 0814;18: 0001, 0106, 0275; 21: 0017; 22: 0284; 23: 0189,0228, 0232
strength 7: 0331; 8: 0092; 10: 0517; 13: 0515; 18: 0225,0275
supplies—movement of 8: 0581War Zone C 6: 0356; 8: 0001see also Military operations, enemy; NVN; VC
Engineer troopsallocations 6: 0140MACV Engineer concept 6: 0140see also Corps of Engineers
Environment“repair” 24: 0329
“Escalating in a Quagmire”20: 0013see also Military buildup; escalation, U.S.
Escalationsee Military buildup; escalation, U.S.
Ethnic groupsFULRO Movement 6: 0356in the Highlands 1: 0785Montagnard situation 3: 0903; 5: 0391; 6: 0140Raday (Rhade) Movement 3: 0001, 0030
Europepolitical history 19: 0780threat in 24: 0143
Europe, Westernintegration 24: 0130
Europe and America in the 1970s: Between Détente andConfrontation
24: 0493Exchange
Piaster control 7: 0092Piaster expenditure problem 8: 0001
FFalk, Richard A.
20: 0102FARMGATE Program
4: 0640Field Force Headquarters, Vietnam
5: 0804see also I FFV; II FFV
I Corps; CTZactivity guidelines 13: 0104air forces in—control and coordination of 13: 0315,
I Corps; CTZ
The War in Vietnam44
0515Buddhist situation in 6: 0596; 7: 0001command and control in 13: 0515enemy buildup in 6: 0596; 12: 0420enemy strategy in 12: 0420intraservice coordination in 12: 0420, 0802; 13: 0104military facilities—U.S. buildup of 6: 0869military operations 6: 0001military situation 22: 0506, 0630Nguyen Chanh Thi 6: 0596operational situation 7: 0498; 10: 0001; 14: 0100political situation 6: 0356, 0869
I Corps; CTZ cont.situation 3: 0205; 6: 0140; 7: 0590, 0953; 8: 0222–0772;
9: 0118; 10: 0802; 11: 0113, 0375; 12: 0001, 0132,0627; 13: 0315, 0515; 17: 0814; 18: 0106
situation—northern 22: 0364strategy in 11: 0113see also Military operations (Named)
I FFVemployment of 9: 0726general 8: 0222, 0581; 9: 0118; 11: 0217situation 10: 0108; 11: 0375; 13: 0896
1st Logistics Command14: 0001, 0320
Fitzgerald, Frances20: 0107
Foreign affairsAmerican student interest in 22: 0098review of—Woodrow Wilson 23: 0688
Foreign aid; assistanceFree World Assistance 9: 0001general 22: 0506Third Country to RVN 3: 0783U.S. Assistance-in-Kind Funds 5: 0162U.S. program 8: 0933see also McGovern-Hatfield Amendment; Third Country
mattersForeign Aid Bill
Cooper-Church amendments 23: 0083Mansfield, Mike 23: 0083passage 23: 0150
Foreign interventionU.S. military policy and 21: 0325U.S. policy 20: 0705
Foreign policyPRC—Vietnam policy 23: 0267
Foreign policy, U.S.in Asia 19: 0052; 21: 0302on China 24: 0124general 19: 0230, 0714; 20: 0577McGovern, George on 19: 0450
on Vietnam—general 19: 0486, 0488, 0694; 20: 0202,0435, 0476; 21: 0143, 0302
on Vietnam—1964 position paper 19: 0028Foreign relations
NVN–PRC 23: 0220U.S.–USSR 23: 0877
Foreign Relations of the United States23: 0476
Foreign Service, U.S.crisis in 17: 0338decline in careerists 22: 0098“Vietnamization” of 22: 0098
Forest clearingoperations 8: 0373see also Ecological matters
Forsythe, George25: 0557
4-Point Plan for VietnamNixon, Richard 19: 0126
14 Points for Peace in Southeast Asia8: 0772
IV Corps; CTZactivity guidelines 13: 0104general 11: 0113military deployments, U.S. to 7: 0498, 0590; 8: 0001situation 6: 0140; 7: 0092, 0953; 8: 0772; 10: 0802;
12: 0001, 0420, 0802; 13: 0315, 0896; 25: 0761see also Dong Tam Campaign
Francehistory—Napoleon Bonaparte 23: 0519see also Indochina War
Free World Assistance9: 0001see also FWMAF; Third Country matters
“Friendly fire”casualties 23: 1032
Froehlke, Robert F.22: 0410, 0472
Fulbright, J. W.19: 0205
Fulbright Committeehearings 6: 0356
FULRO Movement6: 0356
FWMAFANZAC 5: 0959Australia 5: 0048, 0162, 0486, 0804; 6: 0596; 7: 0001,
0498, 0590; 8: 0581; 11: 0516; 12: 0132; 18: 0551general 7: 0761; 10: 0298; 18: 0250, 0440New Zealand 5: 0804; 6: 0140; 7: 0498; 9: 0118Philippines 7: 0331–0590ROK 4: 0439; 5: 0663–0959; 6: 0001–0596; 7: 0498,
0761; 8: 0373, 0581; 10: 0001; 11: 0217; 14: 0100;18: 0608
I Corps; CTZ cont.
45Papers of William C. Westmoreland
Thailand 11: 0516; 12: 0355U.S. funding of 23: 0083see also China, Republic of; Third Country matters
GGalbraith, John K.
20: 0179Gavin, James M.
20: 0181Gelb, Leslie H.
20: 0202“General Uprising”
see Tet OffensiveGeneva Accords on Laos (1962)
23: 0036Geneva Convention
21: 0424Germany, Nazi
23: 0820Geyelin, Philip L.
20: 0344Goldberg, Arthur J.
on peace efforts 8: 0961Goldie, L. F. E.
20: 0347Goldwater, Barry
on Vietnam War 22: 0215“Good war–bad war” definition
23: 0372Goulding, Phil G.
19: 0208Government
“federation” idea for Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia1: 0785
see also GVNGovernment, U.S.
civilian conduct of the war 21: 0534classification of documents 23: 0491intellectuals role in 22: 0098military influence in 23: 0312relations with military establishment 15: 0476science in war and 21: 0258Washington attitudes toward SVN 3: 0783
Guam Conference8: 0772
Guerrilla warfareU.S.–led units 7: 0590Project BLACKJACK 7: 0953U.S. historical examples of handling 16: 0151see also Covert operations
Gulf of Tonkin Incidents19: 0060
GVNaccomplishments during Tet Offensive 13: 0759Armed Forces Council 4: 0001; 5: 0048Armed Forces Policy Council 4: 0133change of 1: 0193civil law in counterinsurgency 5: 0162commitment to the war 17: 0729complaint against Maxwell Taylor 3: 0903Critical Provinces Reports 2: 0170, 0307customs laws 7: 0590defense budget 8: 0092effects on, of U.S. military strength increases 13: 0315future of 19: 0490general 15: 0476High National Council 3: 0205Huong government 4: 0283Leadership Council 7: 0590Military Leadership Council 10: 0108Military Revolutionary Council 2: 0849morale 22: 0001; 23: 0968National Assembly 14: 0100National Leadership Committee 6: 0596national morale problem 22: 0001nonmilitary programs 5: 0001organization chart 3: 0205political development 19: 0079programs 11: 0217prosecution of the war 17: 0729province administrators statistics 2: 0170province chiefs—MACV control of appointments
10: 0517Provisional Charter 3: 0783public relations plan 1: 0583reconstruction program 25: 0830relief organization 13: 0001reorganization 3: 0349; 4: 0283strategy 17: 0814Task Force on the Emergency 12: 0802territorial security 15: 0607U.S.–GVN Council 5: 0048and U.S. Mission organization and relations 2: 0440U.S. presidential comments on handling of 3: 0903will to fight 17: 0586see also ARVN; RVNAF
HHabib, Philip
discussions with Westmoreland 6: 0596; 7: 0001Hackworth, David H.
on conduct of Vietnam War 17: 0001general 20: 0700; 23: 1032
Haig, Alexander9: 0726
HASTINGS
The War in Vietnam46
Halberstam, David1: 0465; 20: 0357
Halperin, Morton20: 0435
Hamlet Evaluation System (HES)9: 0726
Harkins, Paulrelations with Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 1: 0465; 22: 0203
Harriman, Averell W.19: 0212see also Paris Peace Talks
Hart, Franklin A.23: 1034
HASTINGSmilitary operation 7: 0331; 8: 0373
Hau Nghia Provinceoperations 6: 0140situation 6: 0596
Hauser, William L.23: 1085; 24: 0001
Hays, Brooksand use of nuclear weapons 6: 0001
Health mattersmalaria situation 6: 0140see also Medical matters
Heinl, R. D., Jr.20: 0443
Helicoptersarmy aviation and 18: 0688
Henderson, U.S. v.Son My Incident 17: 0001
Herndon incidentpress relations and 2: 0741
Hickey, Gerald20: 0446
Highlandscentral—security situation 6: 0001central—use of armor in 23: 0001ethnic groups in 1: 0785military situation 22: 0630operational situation 8: 0581situation 6: 0596; 10: 0517
High National CouncilGVN 3: 0205
Highwayscentral—defense of 19: 0610Highway 19—security of 13: 0315RMK repair of 8: 0772
Hilsman, Roger19: 0217
Historychronological analysis 15: 0170chronologies
of events in Cambodia 16: 0058
general 18: 0106; 21: 0393Indochina War 21: 0477Korean War 23: 0812of Tet (1968) period 21: 0399of U.S. escalation 6: 0001; 7: 0092
Europe—political 19: 0780general 25: 0977of involvement in Vietnam 19: 0060, 0126, 0462, 0805;
20: 0013, 0107, 0202, 0539, 0598Khe Sanh, Battle of—historical analyses of 13: 0515Khe Sanh, Battle of—historical study 15: 0607Korea–Indochina comparisons 1: 0465memoirs and classification of government documents
23: 04911966 year-end historical summary 8: 03731967 article “The Path to Viet Nam: Ten Decisions”
19: 0060outline of involvement in SVN 18: 0382Questions and Answers on U.S. Involvement in
Vietnam 16: 0549RVN 15: 0607RVNAF organizational 8: 0092U.S. examples of guerrilla warfare 16: 0151see also U.S. (general)
Hoa Hao sect1: 0583see also Cao Dai sect
HOBBY HORSEmilitary operation 12: 0627
Ho Chi Minh23: 0500
Ho Chi Minh Trailair operations along—TIGER HOUND 6: 0001general 5: 0959; 19: 0490
Holbrooke, Richard20: 0476
Home FrontAmerican 14: 0100American—dissent 9: 0511
HONG KIL DONGROK military operation 11: 0217
Honolulu ConferenceU.S.–RVN—1966
Declaration of Honolulu 6: 0356; 18: 0667general 6: 0356press conference 17: 0586
Honolulu MeetingsMACV–CINCPAC, 1964–1965 2: 0440; 5: 0048; 6: 0001
Hook, Sidney20: 0482
Hoopes, Townsendon dissension in Johnson administration 15: 0607general 19: 0219
Hau Nghia Province
47Papers of William C. Westmoreland
Hope, Bobvisit to RVN 12: 0355
HOP TAC Programactivities 3: 0001–0349, 0608–0903; 4: 0001–0283, 0640;
5: 0663briefing 2: 0940general 3: 0030; 5: 0804; 8: 0001organization 3: 0205redeployments 2: 0849Secretariat 7: 0331
Hospitalsfield 5: 0804general 1: 0785see also Medical matters
“Hot pursuit” issue12: 0132see also Cross-border operations
House of Representatives, U.S.Armed Services Committee
review of the army 18: 0551Son My Special Subcommittee 16: 0151Westmoreland meeting with 10: 0298
and war 23: 0849see also H.R. 281
HousingARVN dependent 8: 0373in Saigon 14: 0320
Howard, Michael20: 0489
H.R. 281and military retirement system 15: 0607
Hubriscollectivization of 24: 0340
Hue, Thua Thien Provinceairfield construction 9: 0930military facilities—U.S. buildup 6: 0596, 0869situation 7: 0001, 0092; 22: 0506, 0630
Hue, Battle of (Thua Thien Province)25: 0577
Humphrey, Hubert H.19: 0223
IICC
general 5: 0804; 6: 0001; 9: 0118inspection of DMZ 7: 0590and NVN violations 7: 0331
ICEX10: 0924see also PHOENIX Operation
Improvement and modernization, RVNAFARVN 11: 0375general 11: 0747; 12: 0132; 19: 0622
see also “Measurement of progress”Indochina War
21: 0477see also History
Infiltrationcounterinfiltration activities—ARVN Rangers 8: 0373general 14: 0320; 17: 0586–0814; 18: 0225; 25: 0830handling issue of 3: 0903increase in 22: 0472issue 5: 0663through Laos 8: 0092, 0222; 9: 0118routes—interdiction of 6: 0140, 0356; 7: 0590; 8: 0772;
9: 0726by sea 5: 0804of supplies 8: 0581VC 1: 0962; 2: 0027see also Enemy
Infiltration Interdiction System7: 0498see also Air operations
InflationRVN 5: 0959; 6: 0140, 0356
Informationdissemination of 15: 0476MACV Information Officers Conference 6: 0001MACV Information Program 2: 0440memoirs and classification of government documents
23: 0491public 9: 0930release of 7: 0092see also Press
InsurgencyImpact of Pacification on Insurgency in South
Vietnam 19: 0281Malaysia 19: 0281three phases of 17: 0586see also Communism, Communists; Counterinsurgency
Integrationracial, in military 23: 0968
Intelligence“civilianization” of intelligence-gathering at Pentagon
21: 0482general 1: 0583; 12: 0420ICEX 10: 0924see also Covert operations
International affairsgeneral 20: 0525law 24: 0338relations—general 24: 0124, 0130relations—“Quakeland Theory” 19: 0694U.S. “summitry” 24: 0143
“International force” proposal3: 0608; 4: 0640; 7: 0331see also KANZUS International Force
Iron Triangle
The War in Vietnam48
International Military Assistance Force4: 0133see also FWMAF; KANZUS International Force
International Red Cross (IRC)inspection of POW camps 8: 0222
Interrogationsreport on May offensive 13: 0896see also ICEX
Interservice rivalryU.S. 5: 0804; 7: 0092
Interventionsee Foreign intervention
Iron Triangle (Binh Duong Province)use of CS agents 5: 0804
JJackson, Henry M.
19: 0227Jacobson Board
7: 0331Japan
on the Vietnam War 14: 0788Jenkins, Brian M.
20: 0506Johnson, Lyndon B. (LBJ)
autobiography—review of 20: 0357background material for briefing of 11: 0747comments on bombing reprisals 3: 0903“confidence in you” memo to Westmoreland 13: 0001“decision not to force pace of the war” 4: 0988discussions with Westmoreland 10: 0298dissension in administration of 15: 0607general 23: 0537on handling of GVN 3: 0903instructions on SVN situation 3: 0608March 31, 1968 Address to the Nation 13: 0515on Tet Offensive 16: 0058Vantage Point 16: 0058; 20: 0357; 23: 0537Vietnam War policy 16: 0058visit to RVN 7: 0761; 12: 0355on Westmoreland’s appointment to CSA 13: 0515
Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. (JCS)advisory role of 23: 0857
Joint Logistics Review Board, U.S.report on civilian conduct of the war 21: 0534
Joint Senior Officer Conference13: 0375see also Cam Ranh Bay Unit Commanders Conference;
Nha Trang (Unit) Commanders ConferenceJoint U.S. Board to Study Tactical Air Firepower, U.S.
5: 0663Jorden Report
18: 0619
JUNCTION CITYmilitary operation 8: 0581see also CEDAR FALLS
JUSPAOgeneral 9: 0930; 11: 0375press analyses 13: 0896Zorthian, Barry 15: 0476see also Information; Public affairs
Just, Ward20: 0520
KKahn, Herman
20: 0525Kalb, Marvin
20: 0539KANZUS International Force
for DMZ 7: 0331, 0590; 8: 0092see also “International force” proposal
Kennedy, Edward12: 0420
Kennedy, John F.U.S. Military Academy, West Point, graduation address
18: 0651; 23: 0633Kham Duc, Battle of (Quang Tin Province)
evacuation of 14: 0100general 25: 0830
Khe Sanh, Battle of (Quang Tri Province)air power during 16: 0058analysis 14: 0001general 12: 0627, 0802; 13: 0104, 0315, 0759; 15: 0476;
18: 0106; 19: 0622; 21: 0485historical analyses of 13: 0515historical study 15: 0607interview on 25: 0977resupply situation 12: 0802
Khe Sanh, Quang Tri Provinceevacuation of 14: 0788situation 12: 0420; 25: 0577U.S. Special Forces camp 7: 0331, 0498
Khrushchev, Nikitageneral 23: 0393on “world struggle” 21: 0113
Kim il Sung23: 0830
King, Edward L.20: 0547; 24: 0032
Kintner, William R.20: 0551
Kissinger, Henry A.consultations with Nguyen Van Thieu 22: 0697general 5: 0959; 19: 0230; 20: 0577on peace negotiations 18: 0734
Jackson, Henry M.
49Papers of William C. Westmoreland
version of Cuban Missile Crisis 23: 0431on Vietnam War 22: 0410
Knowlton, William A.24: 0039
Komer, Robert W.7: 0092; 8: 0772; 9: 0726; 10: 0001; 19: 0281
Kontum Provinceenemy intentions in 10: 0108military situation 10: 0108
Koreageneral 23: 0812Indochina comparisons with 1: 0465and peace negotiations 23: 0810
Korea, North23: 0830
Korean Warpublic opinion poll on 11: 0747
Krulak, Victor19: 0416
LLabor
RMK problems 7: 0092SVN pay scales 9: 0726
Laird, Melvin23: 0741
LAM SON 719RVN military operation 21: 0211; 22: 0012, 0292, 0343;
23: 0053Landau, David
20: 0577Land matters
reform and tenure 6: 0596; 21: 0901see also Agriculture
Lang Vei, Battle of (Quang Tri Province)13: 0104
Lansdale, Edward G.6: 0140; 19: 0431
Lao Dong PartyNVN—Resolution 18 16: 0549; 21: 0066
Laosair operations—interdiction of infiltration routes
8: 0772; 9: 0726air operations in—restrictions on 7: 0331enemy LOCs in 10: 0001“federation” idea for Vietnam, Cambodia, and 1: 0785general 3: 0205; 20: 0013Geneva Accords (1962) 23: 0036infiltration 8: 0092, 0222; 9: 0118Ho Chi Minh Trail and 5: 0959; 6: 0001; 19: 0490military situation 22: 0697operational planning 8: 0581operations in
covert 10: 0298general 6: 0140PRAIRIE FIRE 10: 0298SHINING BRASS 7: 0590; 8: 0222TIGER HOUND 6: 0001, 0356
strategy vis-à-vis Cambodia and 23: 0042Sullivan, William—control of U.S. military activities
7: 0498Sullivan, William—on search and rescue operations
7: 0590war situation in 19: 0193; 22: 0343
Laotian IncursionLAM SON 719 21: 0211; 22: 0012, 0292, 0343; 23: 0053
Laqueur, Walter20: 0584
Larsen, Stanleypress briefing 10: 0802
Lavelle, John D.dismissal of 21: 0420, 0495
Law and ordermilitary vs. civilian justice 23: 0719situation in Vung Tau 8: 0581
Laws; rulesof war 23: 0695, 1034
LeadershipARVN training 6: 0140general 7: 0953; 10: 0802Westmoreland question 10: 0298see also GVN; Military command; coordination
Leadership CouncilGVN 7: 0590
Le Duan23: 0503
“Length of the war” issue6: 0356
Lessons learnedambush 3: 0205general 9: 0118; 23: 0880MAAGV 1: 0014, 0193national 20: 0202in strategy 14: 0100Suez Crisis and 23: 0996survey 6: 0356from Vietnam War 21: 0502see also Military training
“Leverage”policy 12: 0627sanctions 3: 0349
LiberalismAmerican 24: 0389see also New Left
Liberty24: 0363
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr.
The War in Vietnam50
Liddel Hart, Basil23: 0379
Lifesymposium on SVN political and military situation
3: 0466Lilienthal, David E.
19: 0434Limited war
21: 0037; 23: 0372see also Counterinsurgency; “Peoples War”
Local and regional mattersmilitia forces 2: 0170; 6: 0001see also Provincial matters
Loc Ninh, Battle of (Binh Long Province)1967 11: 0516
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr.general 19: 0448relations with Paul Harkins 1: 0465; 22: 0203
The Logic of Failure: A Vietnam Lesson21: 0118
Logistics1st Logistics Command 14: 0001, 0320general 6: 0356Joint Logistics Review Board 21: 0534support 25: 0577system 1: 0465see also Military supply
Long An Provincecontrol planRD and 11: 0375situation 7: 0331, 0953War Comes to Long An 20: 0593
Long-range patrollingcapability 8: 0222general 7: 0331
MM-16 rifle
for ARVN 12: 0355general 6: 0001investigation 9: 0930supply 15: 0170
MacArthur, Douglas23: 0327
McCaffrey, Barry R.24: 0052
MacDonald, Charles B.general 20: 0598interviews 24: 0534–1111; 25: 0001–0489
McGovern, George19: 0450
McGovern–Hatfield Amendment19: 0588
McNamara, Robert S.general 20: 0357meetings with Nguyen Khanh 3: 0466memoranda on actions and objectives from Honolulu
Meeting 5: 0048press briefing 8: 0581press on relationship with Westmoreland 11: 0747visit to RVN 6: 0001; 7: 0590; 10: 0298
MACONOMY15: 0170
McPherson, Harry19: 0477
MACVbriefing of GVN National Assembly 14: 0100capabilities 17: 0586control of
pacification 8: 0772province chief appointments 10: 0517SLF amphibious operations 12: 0420
Executive Council 2: 0590Fact Sheets 5: 0486Historical Branch activities 5: 0391Information Officers Conference 6: 0001Information Program 2: 0440joint table of distribution 7: 0001MACV Engineer concept 6: 0140MACV–USOM–USIS Provincial Reports 3: 0349, 0608;
4: 0133, 0439manpower 3: 0608morale and welfare programs and directives 2: 05901964 transfer of command 18: 0202organizational charts—MACV–CINCRVNAF 5: 0048relations with press 11: 0939; 12: 0132scientific advisory effort for 12: 0420staff members 5: 0959; 6: 0596and subordinate commands 5: 0282and U.S. Mission reorganization proposals 7: 0590, 0761;
8: 0001, 0222see also COMUSMACV; Military command; coordination;
USARVMACV Forward
12: 0420, 0627; 13: 0104, 0315Maddox Incident
2: 0741Malaria
situation 6: 0140The Malaysian Emergency in Retrospect: Organizationand Management of a Successful Counter-InsurgencyEffort
19: 0281
The Logic of Failure: A Vietnam Lesson
51Papers of William C. Westmoreland
MALHEUR I and IImilitary operations 10: 0635
Manila Pactand SEATO 9: 0001
Manila Summit Conference7: 0761; 18: 0250; 21: 0538
Mansfield, Mikeand Cooper-Church Amendments 23: 0083visit with Westmoreland 11: 0113
Manson, Charles24: 0412
Mao Tse-tung23: 0506
MARAUDERmilitary operation 6: 0140
Marine Corps, U.S.see USMC
Marshall, S. L. A.20: 0700; 25: 0977
Martin, Mary5: 0804
Match[Paris]article on VC 4: 0133
May, Ernest20: 0705
May–June 1968 Offensivein Cholon/Saigon 14: 0574general 14: 0100; 18: 0382interrogation report on 13: 0896situation 18: 0612
“Measurement of progress”8: 0001; 9: 0118; 10: 0001see also Improvement and modernization, RVNAF
Media“Face the Nation” interview 22: 0410“Meet the Press” session with Westmoreland and
Ellsworth Bunker 11: 0747NBC broadcast Vietnam: The War This Week 14: 0788news 21: 0694news summaries 14: 0320see also Armed Forces Television, U.S.; Press
Medical matterscare 24: 0365facilities—RVN 1: 0785; 5: 0804see also Health matters
Mekong Delta Forceriverine 6: 0596see also Riverine force
Mekong Rivernavigation 2: 0027; 3: 0001
Military advisors, U.Sactivities 6: 0596observations on situation 2: 0741organization 3: 0903
removal of—ARVN 25th Division Senior Advisor 8: 0092role of 18: 0222support role 4: 0640 see also Advisory effort, U.S.
Military affairs, GVNsee RVNAF
Military affairs, U.S.attrition rate formula 9: 0726body count issue 17: 0729civil-military relations 21: 0420“defense establishment” 15: 0607defense management 16: 0151establishment—relations with government 15: 0476investigation of accidental deaths of ARVN officers in
Cholon operation 14: 0574Jacobson Board 7: 0331leadership 18: 0476; 22: 0241; 23: 0968; 24: 0167, 0244military police arrests of civilians 8: 0581military “theology” 24: 0154mission in SVN 9: 03361966 year-end historical summary 8: 0373presence in RVN (1964) 1: 0384procurement system 16: 0151relations with RVNAF 11: 0375responsibilities 18: 0651retrenchment and reform 23: 0741support of RD 9: 0726takeover of Saigon port 7: 0092; 8: 0222see also Army, U.S.
Military aidforeign 22: 0506U.S. 1: 0583
Military Assistance and Advisory Group, Vietnam (MAAGV)lessons learned 1: 0014, 0193
Military Assistance Program (MAP), U.S.9: 0118
Military assessmentsAnalysis of “Operations in Vietnam, January 1964–
June 1968” 14: 0894annual assessment 12: 0132“Assessment of Alternatives for SEA” 10: 0298“Blueprint for Victory” 15: 0170Commander’s Estimate of the Military Situation in
SVN 4: 0803“A Commander’s View of the War in Vietnam” 17: 0814COMUSMACV Monthly Assessment 10: 0517; 11: 0001,
0516; 14: 0100general 3: 0030–0466, 0903; 4: 0001–0640; 18: 0001,
0440; 22: 0777; 25: 0577by Nguyen Van Thieu 8: 0772Report of the War in Vietnam 14: 0894U.S. Mission, of Tet situation 13: 0315war summary 14: 0574
Military buildup; escalation, U.S.
The War in Vietnam52
Military buildup, enemyin I Corps 6: 0596; 12: 0420general 6: 0001, 0140, 0596; 8: 0222
Military buildup; escalation, U.S.of ARVN 1: 0785chronology of escalation 6: 0001; 7: 0092criticism of 20: 0001decision to escalate 22: 0200force development 7: 0590force issue 7: 0590FY 1967 requirements 7: 0498FY 1968 requirements 9: 0118general 6: 0140; 18: 0001, 0275; 19: 0490, 0672; 22: 0225“graduated response” 23: 0018, 0021MACV 2: 09401965 decision 23: 00711967 Troop Program 8: 0092post–1968 Tet Offensive 19: 0219psychological implications of 5: 0282reserves issue 7: 0590
Military buildup; escalation, U.S. cont.troop augmentation chronology—Tet Offensive
22: 0012troop level discussions 10: 0298see also History; Military forces
Military casualtiescomparisons 2: 0440enemy 14: 0320; 25: 0577, 0761“friendly fire” 23: 1032general 22: 0241; 25: 0761reduction 23: 0196statistics 16: 0001; 25: 0577statistics—Korean War 23: 0812see also Attrition; Body count
Military command; coordination, RVNARVN training 6: 0140ARVN unit commander problems 8: 0373controversy regarding “pep talk” by Samuel Berger with
SVN generals 13: 0896dismissal of Lieutenant General Vinh Loc 12: 0802general staff 10: 0802leadership issue 7: 0953; 10: 0802survey of conduct of officers in response to Tet
Offensive 12: 0802see also RVNAF
Military command; coordination, U.S.air operations—issue 6: 0596air operations—management 25: 0577boundaries 21: 0555CINCSEA idea 8: 0373combined 5: 0162Combined Staff, Vietnam 5: 0001COMUSMACV 4: 0803; 10: 0517; 11: 0001, 0516;
14: 0100
control of pacification 8: 0772control of SLF operations 12: 0420Field Force Headquarters, Vietnam 5: 0804in I Corps
air forces 13: 0315, 0515command and control 13: 0515intraservice coordination 12: 0420, 0802; 13: 0104
1st Logistics Command 14: 0001, 0320general 18: 0106“Guidance for Commanders in Vietnam” 7: 0331interservice rivalry 5: 0804; 7: 0092JCS—advisory role of 23: 0857Joint Senior Officer Conference 13: 0375in Laos—William Sullivan 7: 0498liaison concerns 7: 0092MACV Forward 12: 0420, 0627; 13: 0104, 0315management 25: 0830military manager concept 22: 0263organization—U.S. 4: 0988; 22: 0777organization—U.S.–RVN combined 2: 0741; 5: 0001organizational charts—MACV–CINCRVNAF 5: 0048Provisional Corps, Vietnam 13: 0104, 0315, 0515;
18: 0106RD and military control 7: 0590responsibility and “Yamashita” Principle 23: 1034ROK command negotiations 5: 0663SEA unified command issue 5: 02822nd ARVN Division–AMERICAL Division Commanders
Conference 11: 0516II Field Force Vietnam 7: 0001senior advisor to ARVN 25th Division—removal of
8: 0092structure 1: 0465USARV 5: 0282see also Air forces, U.S.; Cam Ranh Bay Unit
Commanders Conference; COMUSMACV; MACV; NhaTrang (Unit) Commanders Conference
Military conduct, RVNARVN—33d Ranger Battalion abuse of civilians 5: 0804ARVN—Rangers 7: 0331of Buddhist chaplains—subversive activities 7: 0092
Military conduct, U.S.discipline 18: 0476; 24: 0167general 23: 0968“Guidance for Commanders in Vietnam” 7: 0331“Individual Responsibility in Time of War” and My Lai
Incident 19: 0534“Nine-Rules of Conduct” card 5: 0663in Saigon 7: 0331; 8: 0772
Military construction, U.S.engineer troop allocations 6: 0140in Hue 9: 0930in Hue-Phu Bai area 6: 0596, 0869MACV Engineer concept 6: 0140
Military buildup; escalation, U.S. cont.
53Papers of William C. Westmoreland
in Quang Ngai Province 9: 0118in Quang Tri Province 10: 0802RMK contract 9: 0118situation 6: 0001
Military dependentsU.S.—evacuation issue 4: 0001–0283
Military deployments; movementsFWMAF
Australia 5: 0162; 12: 0132; 18: 0551general 5: 0048New Zealand 9: 0118Philippines 7: 0331, 0498recommendations 4: 0988ROK 4: 0439Thailand 11: 0516
RVN—HOP TAC redeployments 2: 0849Military deployments; movements, U.S.
air defense units 5: 0804armored cavalry regiment 6: 0356basis for 4: 0640Clifford, Clark, on 19: 0208drawdown study 5: 066382nd Airborne Division 13: 01041st Division 5: 0804to IV Corps 7: 0498, 0590; 8: 0001general 4: 0439; 5: 0048, 0282; 18: 0325in-country redeployments 7: 0498, 0590; 8: 0092;
9: 0930; 11: 0113, 0375; 12: 0802; 13: 0001Ninth MEB 4: 0439, 0640173d Airborne Brigade 5: 0162Phase II 6: 0001, 0356planning 5: 0001post-Tet 1968 16: 0058recommendations 4: 0988requests 5: 0391; 13: 0001Tet Offensive “reinforcement package” 13: 0515worldwide 18: 0699“Z” Division 7: 0092
Military educationteaching military theory 23: 0996see also Military schools; Military training
Military effectiveness; progress, RVNARVN 6: 0869; 11: 0375body count issue 17: 0729combat 10: 0298general 7: 0092; 18: 0440improvement and modernization 11: 0375, 0747;
12: 0132; 19: 0622“measurement of progress” 8: 0001; 9: 0726; 10: 0001performance 18: 0250prosecution of the war policies 7: 0590status 10: 0802; 11: 0217
Military equipment and suppliesARVN—combat ration 7: 0092
ARVN—modernizing by U.S. 11: 0516enemy 2: 0027; 6: 0001, 0596; 14: 0100; 15: 0170
Military equipment and supplies, U.S.ammunition supply 14: 0320army weapons system selection process 16: 0151M-16 rifles 6: 0001M102 Howitzer 6: 0596
Military expenditures; budgetarmy cutbacks 15: 0607; 18: 0468budget 22: 0410cost-reduction efforts 15: 0170funding of new weapons 21: 0155general 15: 0607see also Defense budget
Military facilities, enemyBase Area 607 13: 0896see also Cambodia; Laos
Military facilities, RVNRhade—Camp Buon Sarpa 3: 0001, 0030messes and clubs 7: 0092
Military facilities, U.S.bombardment of 25: 0577buildup in Hue-Phu Bai area 6: 0596, 0869in I Corps 6: 0869in Quang Ngai Province 9: 0118relocation of, outside Saigon 6: 0869; 7: 0331; 8: 0001–
0222Military forces
NVN units in RVN 9: 0336SEA 1: 0384
Military forces, FWMAFAustralia 5: 0804; 6: 0596; 7: 0001, 0498, 0590; 12: 0132New Zealand 7: 0498; 9: 0118Philippines 7: 0331–0590; 8: 0222; 9: 0930ROK 4: 0439; 5: 0663–0959; 6: 0001–0596; 7: 0498,
0761; 8: 0581; 10: 0001; 11: 0217; 14: 0100; 18: 0608Thailand 11: 0516; 12: 0355
Military forces, RVNforce requirements 6: 0001force strength 9: 0930force structure 9: 0726; 10: 0298; 13: 0315local and regional militia 2: 0170; 6: 0001
Military forces, U.S.augmentation chronology 22: 0012authority for combat commitment of 5: 0162force development 7: 0590FY 1967 requirements 7: 0498FY 1968 requirements 9: 0118FY 1968 structure 10: 0298mission in RVN 5: 01621967 Troop Program 8: 0092phase-down plan 25: 0977request for, in response to Tet Offensive 13: 0001, 0515requests for 34 battalions 4: 0001Tet Offensive “reinforcement package” 13: 0515;
22: 0777
Military manpower
The War in Vietnam54
troop “ceiling” 13: 0759troop level discussions 10: 0298withdrawals 17: 0121; 18: 0723, 0734; 19: 0672;
20: 0013, 0435; 22: 0292–0410, 0697; 23: 0150Military funds, U.S.
1: 0583see also Military expenditures; budget
Military-industrial complexthreat of 21: 0325see also “Defense establishment”
Military justiceArticle 92 charge against Westmoreland 16: 0549general 19: 0799; 23: 0719; 24: 0232and Son My Incident 16: 0151U.S. v. Henderson 17: 0001see also Calley, William
Military Leadership CouncilRVN 10: 0108
Military manpowerNVN 20: 0506RVNAF 2: 0940; 3: 0030, 0466U.S.—general 2: 0590; 23: 0729U.S.—MACV 3: 0608see also Mobilization
Military Manpower and Political Purpose24: 0493
Military operations, enemygeneral 12: 0132“General Uprising” 13: 01041966–1967 Winter-Spring 9: 07261968
B-3 Front Winter-Spring Campaign 11: 0747in Cholon/Saigon 14: 0574May–June Offensive 13: 0896; 14: 0100; 18: 0382,
0612Tet Offensive 12: 0420–0802; 13: 0001, 0104, 0315,
0759, 0896; 14: 0320; 15: 0476; 16: 0058; 17: 0001,0586; 18: 0106, 0382, 0612, 0813; 19: 0219, 0663;20: 0013; 21: 0399, 0555; 22: 0012, 0241, 0777;23: 0014, 0537; 25: 0577, 0830
1970 offensive 16: 00581972 Easter Offensive 18: 0734; 19: 0490, 0748;
21: 0211, 0298, 0707; 22: 0506, 0630; 23: 0103, 0120,0150, 0238, 0258, 0267
potential 7: 0498threat of 22: 0472
Military operations (general)amphibious 12: 0420ARVN 25: 0830Cambodian Incursion 17: 0001; 18: 0802combined 7: 0590Binh Dai 1: 0583
cross-border 2: 0741; 7: 0590; 8: 0222; 22: 0012counter-Tet Offensive 22: 0777Cu Chi area 6: 0356I Corps—LOI-4 6: 00011st Division 7: 0331forest clearing 8: 0373Laos—possible 6: 0140Pleiku 6: 0001in Quang Tri Province 22: 0697relief 23: 0001rice denial 12: 0132ROK 8: 0581Rung Sat Special Zone 6: 0596situation 9: 0118III Corps 6: 0869III MAF/Task Force OREGON 10: 0802in urban areas 13: 0104in War Zone C 8: 0001see also Air operations; Naval operations; Operational
matters; OPLANsMilitary operations (named), ROK
HONG KIL DONG 11: 0217OH JAK KYO 10: 0001
Military operations (named), RVNLAM SON 719 21: 0211; 22: 0012, 0292, 0343; 23: 0053
Military operations (named), U.S.ATTLEBORO 8: 0001BAKER 10: 0635CEDAR FALLS 8: 0373CORONADO II 10: 0298DELAWARE 13: 0896; 22: 0777HASTINGS 7: 0331; 8: 0373HOBBY HORSE 12: 0627JUNCTION CITY 8: 0581MALHEUR I and II 10: 0635MARAUDER 6: 0140NIAGARA 12: 0420PEGASUS 13: 0515, 0759; 21: 0485PRAIRIE 8: 0373PRAIRIE FIRE 10: 0298; 13: 0896SHINING BRASS 7: 0590; 8: 0222YORK 12: 0420see also Air operations, U.S.
Military personnel, RVNaccidental deaths 14: 0574ARVN general rank appointments 8: 0001dismissal of Lieutenant General Vinh Loc 12: 0802officer leadership issue 10: 0802survey of conduct of officers in response to Tet
Offensive 12: 0802veterans situation 10: 0802see also ARVN; RVNAF
Military Manpower and Political Purpose
55Papers of William C. Westmoreland
Military personnel, U.S.ARVN–U.S. unit “close association” concept 6: 0869;
7: 0001discipline 18: 0476; 19: 0799drug abuse 21: 0325; 25: 0977encadrement of, with ARVN 5: 0001general 1: 0583indoctrination 14: 0320morale 18: 0476Negro 7: 0331; 8: 0581racial integration 23: 0968reduction of presence in Saigon area 6: 0596, 0869;
8: 0001–0222relations with RVN police 5: 0804relative rank problem with RVNAF 5: 0391retirement system 15: 0607returning servicemen issue 12: 0001see also Army, U.S.; Military affairs
Military planning; plans, combinedAB142 (1967 Combined Campaign Plan) 9: 0726AB143 (1968 Combined Campaign Plan) 11: 0516;
14: 0100combined campaign 6: 01401967 Joint Campaign Plan 7: 0953
Military planning; plans, U.S.Cambodian Incursion 17: 0001containment of enemy Cambodian sanctuaries 7: 0590CRYSTAL BALL, Project 8: 02221967 Special Forces Camp Plan 8: 0581for operations in Laos 8: 0581Phase II 4: 0001, 0283; 5: 0804; 6: 0001, 0356Westmoreland Plan 23: 0012see also Strategy; Tactics
Military policiessuperpower 21: 0046U.S. 21: 0325U.S.—political intrusion in 23: 1017see also Foreign policy, U.S.
Military preparedness, U.S.Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee 2: 0590
Military programscombined 5: 0282
Military rank; promotionsARVN—general appointments 8: 0001U.S.–RVNAF relative rank issue 5: 0391
Military Revolutionary CouncilGVN 2: 0849
Military schoolsRVN—Command and Staff College 10: 0802RVN—Vietnam Military Academy 7: 0498; 8: 0092;
9: 0118U.S.—MTT school 18: 0250U.S. Military Academy, West Point 18: 0202, 0651;
20: 0547; 23: 0327, 0633, 0942
U.S.–RVN—RECONDO School 7: 0498see also Military education; Military training
Military situationAssociated Press Luncheon speech on 9: 0118Cambodia 22: 0410, 0506, 0697Clarke-Mayborn-Hillard Report on the Military Situation
13: 0104DMZ 11: 0001enemy 6: 0869; 17: 0814I Corps 22: 0506, 0630general
1962 (Serong Report) 1: 00141963 (Serong Report) 1: 01931964 1: 0465; 2: 0170; 3: 09031965 4: 0133; 5: 01621966 6: 0869; 7: 0761; 8: 00011967 9: 0118; 10: 0108, 02981968 22: 0777; 25: 0577–08301969 15: 06071971 22: 04101972 18: 0551; 22: 0506
in Highlands 22: 0630Kontum Province 10: 0108Laos 22: 0697Life (magazine) symposium on SVN political and
3: 0466Nguyen Van Thieu’s appraisal of 7: 0590press backgrounders on 10: 0635Quang Tri 7: 0092reports 25: 0577Tet Offensive 13: 0001; 18: 0382U.S. advisor’s observations on situation 2: 0741Vinh Binh Province 22: 0248see also [individually] I, II, III, IV Corps
Military strength, enemygeneral 7: 0331; 8: 0092; 10: 0517; 13: 0515; 18: 0225,
0275order of battle 11: 0113statistics 14: 0001
Military strength, RVNAFARVN 9: 0930general 3: 0608; 5: 0391
Military strength, U.S.comparisons with other wars 14: 0320general 3: 0205; 4: 0283; 5: 0048; 12: 0420; 13: 0315;
17: 0729see also Military forces
Military supplyARVN—commissary problems 8: 0373RVNAF PX/Commissary System 8: 0222U.S.
1st Logistics Command 14: 0001, 0320
Military units, FWMAF
The War in Vietnam56
situation for Khe Sanh 12: 0802supply summary 14: 0320support 25: 0577U.S. Army Support Command, Cam Ranh Bay 8: 0581
see also LogisticsMilitary training
ARVN 7: 0953; 8: 0001ARVN—improving by the U.S. 9: 0930“close association” concept—ARVN–U.S. units 6: 0869;
7: 0001, 0331conventional orientation of ARVN 8: 0092and indoctrination 14: 0320landing exercise—Ninth MEB 2: 0849leadership—ARVN 6: 0140motivational, for PF 4: 0001MTT 8: 0581; 11: 0375; 13: 0375MTT school 18: 0250Operation CRIMP 6: 0140RECONDO/reconnaissance units issue 10: 0517Tae Kwon Do Association—ROK 8: 0373unit 7: 0590Vietnamization 16: 0549see also Lessons learned; Military schools
Military units, FWMAFAustralia—SAS 12: 0132New Zealand Battery 5: 0804PHILCAGV 7: 0498, 0590; 8: 0222; 9: 0930ROK—9th Division 18: 0608ROK—“Tiger” Division 5: 0804Royal Thai Regiment 12: 0355see also individual countries
Military units, RVNAirborne Brigade 6: 01402nd Division 11: 051633d Ranger Battalion 5: 080425th Division 8: 0092
Military units, U.S.air defense units 5: 0804AMERICAL Division 11: 0516; 12: 0132dog units 5: 080482nd Airborne Division 13: 01045th Special Forces Group 10: 00011st Air Cavalry 6: 00011st Cavalry Division 5: 0663; 6: 03561st Division 5: 0804, 0959; 6: 0001, 0140; 7: 03314th Division 25: 0761guerrilla units 7: 05909th Division 9: 0118101st Airborne Division 10: 0635173d Airborne Brigade 5: 0162, 0804; 6: 0140RECONDO/reconnaissance units 10: 0517Task Force ALPHA 5: 0804Task Force OREGON 8: 0581, 0772; 9: 0118, 0726;
10: 0802
25th Division 6: 0140“Z” Division 7: 0092see also USMC
Mill, John Stuart23: 0409
Mission, U.S.assessment of situation 13: 0315and GVN organization and relations 2: 0440and MACV reorganization proposals 7: 0590, 0761;
8: 0001, 0222reorganization 9: 0726Task Force on the Emergency 12: 0802Team—organizational structure 1: 0583
Mission Council, U.S.responses to Life (magazine) symposium 3: 0466
Mobile Action Cadre2: 0307see also Civic action; RD
Mobile Riverine Forcesee Riverine force
MobilizationGVN—general 5: 0391; 9: 0726; 13: 0001, 0515;
14: 0001, 0100; 25: 0830GVN—national measures 3: 0466see also Military forces; Military manpower
MontagnardFULRO Movement 6: 0356general 6: 0140Rhade Movement 3: 0001, 0030situation 3: 0903; 5: 0391
Moore, Joseph A.25: 0545
Moraleenemy 7: 0498; 22: 0777VC 8: 0001
Morale and welfareFulbright Committee hearings and 6: 0356MACV programs and directives 2: 0590RVN 23: 0968RVN—national problem 22: 0001RVNAF situation 2: 0590
Moralityof the war 21: 0560
Moyers, Bill21: 0001
MTTARVN 8: 0581; 11: 0375general 13: 0375school 18: 0250
My Lai Incident (Quang Ngai Province)general 21: 0560; 23: 0647, 0695, 0719“Individual Responsibility in Time of War” and 19: 0534see also Son My Incident
Military units, RVN
57Papers of William C. Westmoreland
NNational Assembly
GVN 14: 0100National Leadership Committee
GVN 6: 0596National policy
see War policyNational security
U.S. 18: 0786; 20: 0202; 23: 0991NATO
18: 0699; 24: 0130The Nature of Revolutionary War
19: 0158see also Insurgency; “Peoples” war
Naval Component Command, U.S.6: 0140
Naval Forces Vietnam, U.S.set-up of 6: 0596
Naval operations, U.S.general 25: 0761patrol plans and 2: 0027
Naval Support Command, Saigon, U.S.11: 0001
Naval War College Reviewarticle—“The Newsman in Vietnam: Responsible or
Irresponsible?” 15: 0001Navigation
Mekong River 2: 0027; 3: 0001Navy, RVN
11: 0001Navy, U.S.
SEAL activities 8: 0373NBC
war summary broadcast—Vietnam: The War This Week14: 0788
Negotiationswith Communists 11: 0217see also Peace matters
Negroesintegration of military 23: 0968military personnel 7: 0331; 8: 0581race relations in U.S. Army 18: 0813
“New Army”18: 0551, 0802–0824; 22: 0402see also All-Volunteer Army
New Left“What Businessmen Need to Know About the Student
Left” 24: 0373New Life Hamlet Program
Construction Cadre 2: 0307see also Civic action; Mobile Action Cadre; RD
New Life Hamlet Improvement Program4: 0001see also Civic action; RD
“The Newsman in Vietnam: Responsible or Irresponsible?”15: 0001
New York Timeshawkish nature in 1964–1965 21: 0010
New ZealandArtillery Battery—deployment of 5: 0804; 6: 0140deployment 9: 0118general 7: 0498see also ANZAC
Ngo Dinh Diem19: 0479
Nguyen Cao Kyconversations with Westmoreland 3: 0608general 23: 0280meetings with Westmoreland 7: 0092; 8: 0001, 0772;
11: 0113; 12: 0132Nguyen Chanh Thi
7: 0001; 16: 0549; 23: 0309Nguyen Huu Co
general 3: 0783meetings with Westmoreland 5: 0282, 0663, 0804
Nguyen Khanhhelicopter refueling incident 3: 0030meetings with Robert S. McNamara 3: 0466meetings with Westmoreland 2: 0440, 0741–0940;
3: 0349, 0608, 0783; 4: 0001, 0283, 0439Nguyen Van Thieu
address to SVN journalists 12: 0420appraisal of military situation 7: 0590; 8: 0772consultations with Henry A. Kissinger 22: 0697general 5: 0162; 23: 0297meetings with Westmoreland 11: 0113meetings with Westmoreland, Tran Van Minh, and
5: 0048meeting with Ellsworth Bunker 13: 0001on nonpoliticization of armed forces 9: 0726on U.S. bombing pause 6: 0140
Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Provinceclaims 5: 0391
Nha Trang (Unit) Commanders Conference5: 0804, 0959; 6: 0001, 0356, 0869; 7: 0092, 0331;
8: 0001, 0373; 9: 0118; 10: 0001; 11: 0217; 12: 0132see also Cam Ranh Bay
NIAGARAmilitary operation 12: 0420
Niebuhr, Reinhold21: 0005
“Nine-Rules of Conduct”card 5: 0663see also Military conduct
NSSM I.
The War in Vietnam58
Ninth Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB)deployment to Danang 4: 0439, 0640landing exercise 2: 0849
Nixon, Richardconversations with Westmoreland 16: 05494-Point Plan for Vietnam 19: 0126general 23: 0647handling of the war 22: 0144October 1970 ceasefire overture 16: 0549peace policy 19: 0212Vietnam policy 20: 0435visit to PRC 19: 0028on the war 15: 0607war policy 22: 0410; 23: 0048, 0064
Nixon Doctrineand SEA 16: 0311
NLFB-3 Front 11: 0747general 20: 0107international contacts 11: 0516“New Program” 23: 0189see also Enemy; VC
Nolting, Frederick E., Jr.19: 0479
Noncombatantssee Civilians; noncombatants
Nonmilitary programsU.S.–GVN 5: 0001see also AID; Pacification; USOM
NSSM I.21: 0381
Nuclear politics21: 0046see also SALT
Nuclear testing23: 0851
Nuclear weaponsCongressman Hays and use of 6: 0001U.S.–Soviet arsenals 23: 0854
Nuremberg and Vietnam: An American Tragedy17: 0121
NVNarmy 9: 0336battlefield tactics 22: 0271bombing statistics 15: 0607dike system 21: 0424effect of air operations against 7: 0498effect of war on 10: 0108foreign relations with PRC 23: 0220general 3: 0349Ho Chi Minh 23: 0500ICC violations 7: 0331Lao Dong Party Resolution 18—analysis of 16: 0549Le Duan 23: 0503
negotiating proposals 23: 0076negotiating with 22: 02581972 flood 19: 0205peace offer to Cambodia 23: 0238political strategy 21: 0017ports—blockade of 19: 0230ports—mining of 21: 0298provocations 4: 0001reprisals against issue 4: 0133review of the war 23: 0220strategy—reevaluation 23: 0228Vo Nguyen Giap 23: 0216Why the North Vietnamese Keep Fighting 20: 0506see also Air operations, U.S.; Enemy
OOberdorfer, Don
21: 0017OH JAK KYO
ROK military operation 10: 0001Operational matters
effect of Monsoon season on 18: 0449“hot pursuit” issue 12: 0132long-range patrolling 7: 0331; 8: 02221966 military effectiveness program 6: 0356operational concept—1967 8: 0222, 0772planning
combined 5: 0804; 10: 0517; 11: 0217combined reprisal 4: 0283, 0439on Laos 8: 0581
planning cont.in response to Tet Offensive 13: 0001II Corps 6: 0869III Corps 6: 0869
press reporting of 6: 0001, 0356restrictions 8: 0373situation
DMZ 14: 0100I Corps 14: 0100general 18: 0449Highlands 8: 0581II Corps 7: 0092; 8: 0001III Corps 7: 0092; 8: 0001
strategy, NVA—big-unit 23: 0232, 0238strategy, U.S.
attrition 18: 0325; 20: 0598“clear and hold” 1: 04851967 8: 0222“search and destroy” 1: 0583; 15: 0476; 20: 0598
tactics—Checkerboard concept 6: 0356tactics—general 11: 0217terminology and definitions 21: 0384U.S.–Allied combat concept 4: 0640
Nuclear politics
59Papers of William C. Westmoreland
see also Military operationsOPLANs
border and population control—III Corps 1: 0962quarantine—An Xuyen Province 2: 0001
Order of battleenemy 11: 0113see also Military strength
Ordnancecaptured enemy 2: 0027enemy 2: 0027; 6: 0001, 0596; 14: 0100; 15: 0170U.S.
ammunition supply situation 14: 0320in RVN 2: 0307M102 Howitzer 6: 0596
Osgood, Professor21: 0037
Osmanski, Frank25: 0551
PPacification
ARVN support of 10: 0517cadre support 3: 0030Chien Thang National Pacification Plan 2: 0440CORDS and 11: 0516effects of 1972 Easter Offensive on 21: 0707general 1: 0384; 3: 0783; 6: 0001; 18: 0250; 21: 0707,
0901guidelines 11: 0001HES 9: 0726Impact of Pacification on Insurgency in South
Vietnam 19: 0281MACV control of 8: 0772organization and functions 4: 0640Rural Construction 5: 0804; 6: 0140, 0356status 13: 0375support 3: 0030U.S. operational control of 3: 0466see also Civic action; New Life Hamlet Improvement
Program; PHOENIX Program; RDPacification Committee
meeting minutes 1: 0583, 0785Palmer, Bruce, Jr.
19: 0484Paris Peace Talks
14: 0574; 15: 0476; 18: 0734, 0802; 19: 0230; 20: 0202;22: 0001, 0364, 0697; 23: 0150
“The Path to Viet Nam: Ten Decisions”1967 article 19: 0060
Patton, George S., Jr.23: 0338
Peace matters14 Points for Peace in Southeast Asia 8: 0772
general 13: 0515; 14: 0001; 18: 0275; 19: 0028, 0212Goldberg, Arthur J.—on efforts 8: 0961Kissinger, Henry A.—on negotiations 18: 0734Korea, North 23: 0830negotiating proposals—NVN 23: 0076negotiating with NVN 22: 0258negotiations 20: 0435, 0476; 21: 0381; 23: 0096, 0120negotiations—Korean War 23: 0810Nguyen Van Thieu—position on 1971 peace proposal
23: 0297Nixon, Richard—peace policy 19: 0212NVN offer to Cambodia 23: 0238press on 8: 0373Rusk, Dean—on prospects 8: 0772, 0961Salinger Mission to Paris—criticism of 22: 0697VC peace proposal 22: 0364VC propaganda—RVNAF countermeasures 12: 0627world 19: 0490see also Bombing pauses; halts
PEGASUSmilitary operation 13: 0515, 0759
Pentagon Papers19: 0217, 0416, 0462, 0479, 0486, 0490–0582, 0634,
0681, 0691; 20: 0202, 0705; 21: 0721, 0790; 22: 0364;23: 0071, 0076; 24: 0429
“People’s War”Critchfield, Richard—statement 20: 0008see also Communism, Communists; The Nature of
Revolutionary WarPerry, Merton D.
article on ARVN controversy 11: 0375PF
general 3: 0783; 7: 0092; 12: 0132; 14: 0001motivational training for 4: 0001
Pham Dang Lam23: 0292
“Phaseout in two years” issue12: 0001
Phase IIdeployments 6: 0001, 0356force requirements 5: 0804operations 4: 0001, 0283
PHILCAGV7: 0498, 0590; 8: 0222; 9: 0930
Philippinescontribution to Vietnam war effort 8: 0222Philippine Task Force 7: 0331
PHOENIX Program21: 0707
Phu Bai, Thua Thien Provincemilitary facilities—U.S. buildup 6: 0596, 0869
Piaster matterscontrol 7: 0092
Political affairs
The War in Vietnam60
expenditure problem 8: 0001see also Economy; Inflation
Pierre, Andrew J.21: 0046
Pike, Douglas21: 0066
Pleiku, Pleiku Provincemilitary operations 6: 0001
Pleiku Incident (Pleiku Province)between U.S. and ARVN troops 6: 0001
Plei Me, Battle of (Pleiku Province)6: 0001; 7: 0590; 23: 0001
Police, RVNField Force 5: 0959; 8: 0772National—general 6: 0001; 7: 0331National—relations with American civilians/soldiers
5: 0804The Policy Process—United States Disengagement inVietnam: The Role of Public Opinion and Congress
24: 0052see also Disengagement issue
Political affairsEurope, Western—integration 24: 0130international—violence 20: 0584international—warfare 20: 0584RVN
Catholic-minority political power 22: 0001development 19: 0079settlement 21: 0148
U.S.[aerial] “Bombing for Political Effect” [against NVN]
20: 0705Jeffersonian political values 24: 0389Military Manpower and Political Purpose 24: 0493science 24: 0421
Political conditionsAccommodation in South Vietnam: The Key to
Sociopolitical Solidarity 20: 0446Westmoreland-Ky conversations on 3: 0608
Political situationBuddhist 7: 0092Cambodia 22: 0506I Corps 6: 0356, 0869IV Corps 7: 0092general 9: 0726GVN 2: 0849, 0940; 3: 0205, 0903; 4: 0001–0283;
5: 0162; 22: 0364, 0506, 0630GVN complaint against Maxwell Taylor and effect on
3: 0903Life (magazine) symposium on SVN military and 3: 0466between Nguyen Van Thieu and Nguyen Cao Ky
10: 0108U.S.—general 24: 0389U.S.—presidential instructions on SVN 3: 0608
Political unrestanti-American demonstrations 4: 0289; 6: 0596Buddhists/student demonstrations 2: 0849Struggle Group 7: 0092
Politicsinternational 24: 0121RVN—general 22: 0001RVN—Nguyen Van Thieu on non-politicization of armed
forces 9: 0726U.S.
general 22: 0144intrusion in military establishment 23: 0988intrusion in military policy 23: 1017Johnson, Lyndon B. 23: 0537liberalism 24: 0389Nixon, Richard M.—style and doctrine 23: 0647nuclear 21: 0046
see also ElectionsPolls
public opinion 21: 0805Population
attitudes—differences between Americans andVietnamese 12: 0420
and border control OPLAN—III Corps 1: 0962control plan—Long An Province 1: 0962
Popular supportof the war 12: 0132see also Attitudes; Public affairs; relations; opinions
PortsNVN—blockade of 19: 0230NVN—mining of 21: 0298Saigon
Port Authority 6: 0140port situation 6: 0596, 0869; 7: 0590, 0953; 8: 0001,
0092U.S. military takeover 7: 0092; 8: 0222
situation 6: 0001; 7: 0092Possony, Stefan T.
21: 0113Postwar matters
development 19: 0434The Economy of Vietnam: Wartime Policies and
Postwar Possibilities 12: 0627general 14: 0574
POWscamps—IRC inspection of 8: 0222camps—U.S. 7: 0331general 23: 0232handling of 5: 0663interrogation report 13: 0896
PRACTICE NINE experiment 8: 0373see also DYE MARKER Project
Political conditions
61Papers of William C. Westmoreland
PRAIRIEmilitary operation 8: 0373
PRAIRIE FIREmilitary operations 10: 0298; 13: 0896see also Covert operations; Cross-border operations
PRCarmy 23: 0806Chou En-lai 23: 0810containment of 22: 0225foreign relations with NVN 23: 0220general 2: 0741; 23: 0854Vietnam policy 23: 0267visit to, by Richard Nixon 19: 0028see also Foreign policy, U.S.
Presidential campaign, RVNsee Elections, RVN
Presidential matters, U.S.credibility 23: 0048leadership 22: 0098war powers 19: 0592, 0672, 0737; 23: 0779, 0859, 0862
Pressarticle on strategic concepts 17: 0338backgrounders on military situation 10: 0635; 18: 0001briefing by Robert S. McNamara 8: 0581censorship issue 5: 0663on command and control in I Corps 13: 0515conference on Honolulu Conference (1966) 17: 0586conference on Tet situation 12: 0802general 6: 0140; 7: 0092; 10: 0298; 14: 0100on home front dissent 9: 0511Hoopes, Townsend—on dissension in Johnson
administration 15: 0607JUSPAO analyses 13: 0896lack of acknowledgement of enemy atrocities 21: 0298leaks to the 22: 0012; 24: 0429Larsen, Stanley—briefing 10: 0802Life magazine symposium 3: 0466Match article on VC 4: 0133“The Newsman in Vietnam: Responsible or
Irresponsible?” 15: 0001New York Times—hawkish nature in 1964–1965
21: 00101967 article “The Path to Viet Nam: Ten Decisions”
19: 0060NVN—analysis of reports on Tet Offensive 13: 0896“optimistic” reporting 11: 0001on peace issue 8: 0373Perry, Merton D.—article on ARVN controversy 11: 0375on prosecution of the war 8: 0373, 0772; 9: 0336, 0511;
11: 0516, 0747question and answer session with Westmoreland
16: 0311; 17: 0338questions and presentation of answers—possible
18: 0225
relations and Herndon Incident 2: 0741relations with MACV 11: 0939; 12: 0132on replacement of Westmoreland—possible 13: 0001reporting of; coverage of
Battle of Bau Bang 8: 0772Battle of Dak To 11: 0939operations 6: 0001, 0356Pentagon Papers 21: 0721, 0790the war 14: 0788; 15: 0476; 16: 0549; 19: 0748;
21: 0001, 0694; 22: 0292, 0777Westmoreland’s 1967 U.S. visit 9: 0511
reports on reaction to the war 9: 0336Saigon 14: 0574Saigon analyses 3: 0030Schell, Jonathan—article on AMERICAL Division
12: 0132summaries 14: 0320summary of provincial attitudes 13: 0759; 14: 0100SVN—Nguyen Van Thieu’s address to 12: 0420SVN editorials 11: 0375on Tet Offensive 13: 0104, 0759; 15: 0476Time article on U.S. military strategies 18: 0476on U.S.–ANZAC relations 5: 0959Vann, John Paul—1963 articles on Vietnam War 19: 0610on war assessment 14: 0574on Westmoreland appointment 1: 0465on Westmoreland-McNamara relationship 11: 0747wire service reports on the war 11: 0747; 12: 0001see also Public relations; affairs; opinions
ProcurementU.S. system 16: 0151see also Logistics; Military supply
Progress measurement system6: 0356see also Improvement and modernization, RVNAF;
“Measurement of progress”Project BLACKJACK
7: 0953see also CIDG; Covert operations
Project CRYSTAL BALL8: 0222
Project MACONOMY15: 0170see also MACV
Project RECOVERY12: 0802; 13: 0104see also Tet Offensive
Project TAKEOFF10: 0924
Propagandaenemy—radio 14: 0100Soviet, on use of CS agents 7: 0001VC peace—RVNAF preventive measures against
12: 0627
Quang Tri Province
The War in Vietnam62
Province mattersadministrators’ statistics 2: 0170attitudes—report and press summary 13: 0759Critical Provinces Reports 2: 0170, 0307incompetent chiefs 3: 0608MACV control of province chief appointments 10: 0517MACV–USOM–USIS Provincial Report 3: 0349, 0608;
4: 0133, 0439see also Local and regional matters
Provisional Corps, Vietnamgeneral 13: 0104, 0515; 18: 0106organization 13: 0315see also MACV Forward
Psychological Operations Committee1: 0785
PSYOP activities13: 0759; 14: 0100
PSYWAR activitiesand civic action operations 1: 0193efforts 7: 0092general 7: 0331, 0953; 11: 0375ROK operations 8: 0373Tet holiday 12: 0627
PSYWAR and Civic Action Conference2: 0741
Public affairs; relations; opinionsAmerican perception of Westmoreland 18: 0795GVN plan 1: 0583polls 21: 0805popular disillusionment 24: 0389role of 24: 0052see also Attitudes; Popular support; Press
Q“Quakeland Theory”
international relations 19: 0694Quang Ngai Province
U.S. military base construction in 9: 0118Quang Tri Province
airfield construction in 10: 0802military operations in 22: 0697military situation 7: 0092
Questions and Answers on U.S. Involvement in Vietnam16: 0549see also History
RRacial matters
American-Vietnamese differences 12: 0420integration of U.S. military 23: 0968Negro military personnel 7: 0331; 8: 0581relations in U.S. Army 18: 0813
Raday Movementsee Rhade Movement
Radioanalysis of NVN broadcasts on Tet Offensive 13: 0896enemy propaganda 14: 0100see also Media
Rand Corp.21: 0118
RAPID FIRE Project11: 0217
RDand ARVN 8: 0001, 0092, 0373ARVN security role in 7: 0331ARVN support of 7: 0590, 0953; 8: 0222general 7: 0331; 10: 0298Long An Province and 11: 0375and military control 7: 0590programs 7: 0761; 17: 0729situation 13: 0515U.S. military support of 9: 0726see also Civic action; New Life Hamlet Improvement
Program; Rural Construction; Rural ReconstructionRECONDO
general 12: 0132school 7: 0498units issue 10: 0517see also Covert operations; Cross-border operations
ReconstructionGVN program 25: 0830
RECOVERY12: 0802; 13: 0104
Reedy, George19: 0486
Refugeescenter construction—Dong Tam Campaign 15: 0019general 12: 0420; 13: 0104; 25: 0830situation 21: 0424
Reischauer, Edwin O.21: 0143
Relief effortsgeneral 12: 0802GVN organization 13: 0001see also Civic action; Pacification
Report of the War in Vietnamsubject index 14: 0894
Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)U.S. 15: 0476
Resolution 18NVN Lao Dong Party—analysis of 16: 0549
Resor, Stanley19: 0488
Revolutionary doctrine20: 0489see also Communism, Communists; The Nature of
Questions and Answers on U.S. Involvement in Vietnam
63Papers of William C. Westmoreland
Revolutionary War; “Peoples War”RF
and CIDG conversion issue 6: 0140, 0356general 7: 0092; 12: 0132; 14: 0001see also PF
Rhade Movement3: 0001, 0030see also Montagnard
Ribicoff Investigations SubcommitteeSenate Government Operations Committee 17: 0001
Ricedenial operations 12: 0132situation 6: 0356; 7: 0953see also Agriculture
Ridgeway, Matthew23: 0342
Riverine forceconcept 6: 0140, 0356Mekong Delta Force 6: 0596Mobile Riverine Force 11: 0113see also Waterways, inland
RMKcontract construction 9: 0118labor problems 7: 0092repair of highways 8: 0772
Roche, John P.21: 0148
ROKcommand negotiations 5: 0663military deployments 4: 0439military forces 5: 0959; 6: 0001–0596; 7: 0498, 0761;
8: 0581military operations—HONG KIL DONG 11: 0217military operations—OH JAK KYO 10: 0001military units—“Tiger” Division 5: 0804military units—9th Division 18: 0608PSYWAR operations 8: 0373ROKFV 10: 0001; 11: 0217; 14: 0100Tae Kwon Do Association 8: 0373
ROLLING THUNDERadvice on 1965 operations 19: 0223air strike procedures 4: 0640operations 5: 0391program 7: 0761
Roman Catholicminority political power 22: 0001see also Political affairs
Roosevelt, Eleanor23: 0670
Roosevelt, Franklin D.23: 0670
Rostow, Walt W.19: 0490
Rowan, Steveinterview with Westmoreland 11: 0747
Rubberplantations study 8: 0001
Rules of engagementair 7: 0590
Rules of warsee Laws; rules
Rung Sat Special Zoneoperations 6: 0596
Rural construction5: 0804; 6: 0140, 0356see also Civic action; New Life Hamlet Improvement
Program; RDRural development
S. 2223 24: 0252Rural reconstruction
5: 0162see also Civic action; New Life Hamlet Improvement
Program; RDRusk, Dean
general 19: 0555on peace prospects 8: 0772, 0961
RVN (general)visit of
Bundy, McGeorge 4: 0283Clifford, Clark 15: 0170Dodd, Thomas 5: 0048Froehlke, Robert F. 22: 0410, 0472Hope, Bob 12: 0355Johnson, Lyndon B. 7: 0761; 12: 0355McNamara, Robert S. 6: 0001; 7: 0590; 10: 0298Mansfield, Mike 11: 0113ROC military delegation 6: 0356Symington, Stuart 11: 0113U.S. governors 5: 0959Westmoreland, William S. 16: 0311
see also GVN; RVNAFRVNAF
border control plan 2: 0027capabilities 18: 0001combat effectiveness 10: 0298counterinsurgency roles and mission 4: 0283countermeasures to VC propaganda 12: 0627December 2nd Meeting of Generals 3: 0783desertion problem 6: 0356effect of U.S. withdrawal on 17: 0121force requirements 6: 0001force structure 9: 0726; 11: 0516functional objectives 3: 0608general staff 10: 0802improvement and modernization 11: 0375, 0747;
Schell, Jonathan
The War in Vietnam64
12: 0132; 19: 0622manpower 2: 0940; 3: 0466Manpower Committee 3: 0030military personnel—conduct of officers during Tet
Offensive 12: 0802military personnel—relative rank problem 5: 0391morale and welfare 2: 0590Nguyen Van Thieu on nonpoliticization of 9: 0726organizational charts—MACV–CINCRVNAF 5: 0048organizational history 8: 0092performance 18: 0250PX/Commissary System 8: 0222relations with U.S. military 11: 0375reorganization 10: 0517, 0802status on improvement of 10: 0802strength 3: 0608; 5: 0391; 9: 0930veterans situation 10: 0802WACS 5: 0486will to fight 17: 0586
SS. 2223
24: 0252Saigon, Gia Dinh Province (CMD)
enemy bombardment of 14: 0574, 0788enemy offensive in 14: 0574housing in 14: 0320military conduct, U.S., in 7: 0331; 8: 0772Port Authority 6: 0140port situation 6: 0596, 0869; 7: 0590port—U.S. military takeover of 7: 0092; 8: 0222press 14: 0574reduction of U.S. military presence in 6: 0596, 0869;
8: 0222relocation of U.S. military facilities from 6: 0869; 7: 0331;
8: 0001–0222Salinger Mission to Paris
criticism of 22: 0697Salisbury, Harrison
21: 0066SALT
18: 0713; 21: 0155; 23: 0854see also Arms control; Détente
Schell, Jonathanarticle on AMERICAL Division 12: 0132
Scienceadvisory effort for MACV 12: 0420in war and government 21: 0258
Scoville, Herbert, Jr.21: 0155
SEA“Assessment of Alternatives for SEA” 10: 0298Association for Southeast Asia 9: 0001
military forces 1: 0384Nixon Doctrine and 16: 0311trade problems—Eugene Black on 9: 0001unified command issue 5: 0282visit to, by Robert F. Froehlke 22: 0410
SEACOORD Meetings; conferences6: 0140, 0356; 7: 0498; 8: 0373; 10: 0298
Seaman, Johnathan25: 0571
SEATOand Manila Pact 9: 0001origins of 23: 0489see also FWMAF
II Corps; CTZactivity guidelines 13: 0104Commanders Conference 6: 0140military operations 8: 0001operational planning 6: 0869operational situation 7: 0092; 8: 0001, 0373; 25: 0761situation 3: 0205; 7: 0331; 10: 0108–0517, 0802;
12: 0001; 13: 0315; 14: 0100see also Military operations (named)
II FFVgeneral 7: 0001, 0590; 8: 0092, 0373, 0581; 9: 0118situation 9: 0726; 10: 0001, 0108, 0517, 0802; 11: 0113,
0375; 13: 0515, 0896; 14: 0001Security
ARVN role in RD 7: 0331Central Highlands situation 6: 0001CMR 6: 0869; 8: 0001GVN territorial 15: 0607issue 4: 0439requirements 4: 0001
Senate, U.S.Armed Services Committee—hearing 14: 0574Armed Services Committee, Preparedness Investigating
Subcommittee 2: 0590; 5: 0959Government Operations Committee, Ribicoff
Investigations Subcommittee 17: 0001see also Congress
Serong Report1962 military situation 1: 00141963 military situation 1: 0193
7th Air Force7: 0092; 8: 0092
Shaplen, Robert21: 0211
Sharp, U.S. Grantconference with Westmoreland 5: 0804general 19: 0582
Sheehan, Neil21: 0248
SHINING BRASScovert team operations in Laos 7: 0590; 8: 0222
Science
65Papers of William C. Westmoreland
see also PRAIRIE FIRESihanouk, Prince Norodom
23: 0504Smith, Margaret Chase
defense budget and 15: 0607Smithies Report
see The Economy of Vietnam: Wartime Policies andPostwar Possibilities
Snow, C. P.21: 0258
Social mattersStrategic Implications of Societal Change 24: 0001U.S.—“age of violence” 24: 0412
A Soldier ReportsMacDonald, Charles B.—interviews for use in 24: 0534–
1111; 25: 0001–0571Song Be, Battle of (Phuoc Long Province)
ARVN 11: 0516Son My Incident (Quang Ngai Province)
Article 92 charge against Westmoreland 16: 0549general 17: 0001House Armed Services Committee, Son My Special
Subcommittee 16: 0151and military justice 16: 0151U.S. v. Henderson 17: 0001
South (U.S.)24: 0369
SpainThird Country assistance to RVN—surgical team 7: 0590
Special Air Service (SAS)Australia—deployment to RVN 12: 0132
Special Forces, U.S.camps
Ban Don 8: 0001general 7: 0590Kham Duc 14: 0100Khe Sanh 7: 0331, 04981967 plan for 8: 0581Westmoreland visits to 6: 0140, 0596; 7: 0092
5th Special Forces Group 10: 0001and FULRO Movement 6: 0356general 1: 0583; 3: 0466PRAIRIE FIRE 10: 0298; 13: 0896SHINING BRASS teams in Laos 7: 0590see also CIDG; Montagnard
Special Landing Force (SLF), U.S.MACV control of amphibious operations 12: 0420
Speer, Albert23: 0820
Spruill, James P.2: 0307
Stalemate issue22: 0232; 23: 0096, 0185
Stalin, Josef23: 0411
Stanford War Crimes Study Groupreport 21: 0424
State Department, U.S.Policy Planning Council—on conduct of the war
10: 0108secretary of state 24: 0338
StatisticsVietnam War 11: 0747; 17: 0814
Stillman, Edmund21: 0260
Strategic Hamlets Program1: 0193see also New Life Hamlet Program; New Life
Improvement ProgramStrategic Implications of Societal Change
24: 0001Strategy
Communist 11: 0375enemy
big-unit operational 23: 0232changes in 22: 0284general 6: 0869; 7: 0331; 8: 0092; 10: 0108; 12: 0420;
13: 0001; 14: 0100, 0788; 15: 0170; 17: 0338, 0814;18: 0001, 0106, 0275, 0382; 21: 0066; 23: 0181–0267
political 21: 0017protracted war strategy 23: 0189reevaluation of 23: 0228
GVN 17: 0814USSR—military 20: 0347
Strategy, U.S.attrition 18: 0325; 20: 0598combined 1: 0192concepts—article on 17: 0338containment doctrine 7: 0498counterinsurgency 1: 0583in I Corps 11: 0113general 6: 0001; 17: 0814; 18: 0001, 0225; 20: 0598;
21: 0037; 23: 0009–0150“graduated response” 23: 0018, 0021guidelines for Vietnam 18: 0678lessons learned in 14: 01001967 operational 8: 0222Pentagon briefing transcript on 12: 0001policy 19: 0230, 0777survey 21: 0267Time article on military 18: 0476vis-à-vis Laos and Cambodia 23: 0042and war studies 23: 0443Westmoreland Plan 23: 0012see also History; U.S. (general)
Tactics
The War in Vietnam66
Strongpoint/Obstacle Barrier SystemARVN manning of 11: 0001concept 7: 0590, 0953DYE MARKER Project 10: 0802; 12: 0132, 0355; 13: 0515general 9: 0726; 10: 0802; 11: 0113, 0217; 12: 0132, 0355PRACTICE NINE 8: 0373see also KANZUS International Force
Struggle Group7: 0092see also Buddhists; Political situation
StudentsSVN—unrest 2: 0849; 6: 0596U.S.
call for leaders to visit SVN 8: 0222interest in foreign affairs 22: 0098values 24: 0373“What Businessmen Need to Know About the
Student Left” 24: 0373Subversive activities
Buddhist military chaplains 7: 0092Buddhists 6: 0869see also Political affairs; Terrorism
Suez Crisisand lessons learned 23: 0996
Sullivan, Williamcontrol of U.S. military activities in Laos 7: 0498on search and rescue operations in Laos 7: 0590
“Summitry”U.S. 24: 0143
Sun Tzu23: 0414
Swords and Plowsharesbook review of 19: 0688
Symington, StuartRVN visit 11: 0113
TTactical Air Firepower Study
U.S. 5: 0804Tactics
ARVN–U.S. unit “close association” concept 6: 0869Checkerboard concept 6: 0356close air support issue 13: 0759Combined Tactical Conference 5: 0663general 20: 0598; 23: 0880heliborne troops 9: 0726
Tactics cont.long-range patrolling concept 7: 0331, 0498and techniques 5: 0663, 0804see also Operational matters
Tactics, enemybattlefield 22: 0271
Tae Kwon DoROK association 8: 0373
TAKEOFF10: 0924
TALLY HO7: 0331
Talmadge, Herman19: 0588
Tam Ky, Battle of (Quang Tin Province)10: 0802
Tan Son Nhut, Saigondefense of 5: 0162
Task Force ALPHAField Force Headquarters, Vietnam 5: 0804see also I FFV; II FFV
Task Force on the EmergencyGVN–U.S. Mission 12: 0802see also Refugees; Relief operations
Task Force OREGONgeneral 8: 0581, 0772; 9: 0118, 0726; 10: 0802operations with III MAF 10: 0802see also AMERICAL Division
Taylor, Maxwellgeneral 19: 0592GVN complaint against 3: 0903on Washington attitudes toward SVN 3: 0783
Taylor, Telford21: 0271
Tear gassee CS agents
Technologybombing 21: 0260see also Science
Territorial securityGVN 15: 0607see also PF; RF
TerrorismVictoria Hotel bombing 6: 0596see also Subversive activities
Tet holiday1967 Tet Returnee Survey 9: 07261968 ceasefire 12: 0420PSYWAR activities 12: 0627
Tet Offensive (1968)buildup to 23: 0537casualty statistics 25: 0577chronology 21: 0399; 22: 0012comparison with 1970 offensive 16: 0058effects of 15: 0476; 18: 0382and enemy strategy 18: 0106general 12: 0420–0802; 13: 0001, 0104; 18: 0813;
20: 0013; 21: 0555; 22: 0241, 0777; 23: 0014GVN accomplishments 13: 0759impact of the 17: 0001, 0586
Tactics cont.
67Papers of William C. Westmoreland
Johnson, Lyndon B. on 16: 0058military situation 13: 0001; 18: 0382news coverage of 15: 0476NVN radio and press on—analysis of 13: 0896post-1968 buildup 19: 0219press conference on 12: 0802press on 13: 0104, 0759Project RECOVERY 12: 0802; 13: 0104response to 25: 0577second wave situation 25: 0577, 0830situation 12: 0802; 19: 0663statistics 13: 0315summary 14: 0320; 18: 0612survey of conduct of RVNAF officers in response to
12: 0802troop augmentation chronology 22: 0012U.S. response 12: 0802see also May–June 1968 Offensive
Thailandmilitary deployments to RVN 11: 0516; 12: 0355
III Corps; CTZactivity guidelines 13: 0104Border and Population Control OPLAN 1: 0962military operations in 6: 0869; 8: 0001, 0373operational planning 6: 0869operational situation 7: 0092; 8: 0001situation 3: 0205, 0608; 6: 0140; 7: 0331, 0953; 8: 0222;
10: 0802; 12: 0001, 0420; 13: 0104, 0315, 0896;25: 0830
Third Country mattersassistance to RVN 3: 0783combat forces recommendation 4: 0001deployment of forces from 5: 0048Spanish surgical team to RVN 7: 0590see also Free World assistance; FWMAF
III MAFcombat structure 10: 0635force structure 10: 0517, 0802general 5: 0804; 7: 0498, 0590; 8: 0092–0581; 11: 0001operations with Task Force OREGON 10: 0802problems 11: 0516situation 9: 0726; 14: 0100Walt, Lewis W. 7: 0590; 19: 0622see also Ninth Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB)
Thompson, Llewellyn19: 0608
Thompson, Sir Robert21: 0298see also Counterinsurgency
Thomson, James C., Jr.21: 0302
Threat analysisof offensive in 1972 22: 0472Tet Offensive 13: 0001
A Threat to the Peace: North Vietnam’s Effort to ConquerSouth Viet-Nam
18: 0619TIGER HOUND
air operations along Ho Chi Minh Trail 6: 0001, 0356Time
article on U.S. military strategies 18: 0476Tolson, John J.
debriefing reports 15: 0170Tompkins, Rathvon McC.
25: 0564Tonkin Gulf Incident
22: 0087“Total war”
Westmoreland on 9: 0336Toynbee, Arnold
21: 0319Trade
SEA problems—Eugene Black on 9: 0001Transportation
6: 0140; 24: 0426Tran Van Don
7: 0092Tran Van Huong
general 23: 0278government of 4: 0283
Tran Van Minh (“Little Minh”)meeting with Westmoreland and Nguyen Van Thieu
5: 0048
UU.K.
history—Cromwell, Oliver 23: 0516see also British Empire
UN24: 0338
(Unit) Commanders Conferencesee Cam Ranh Bay Unit Commanders Conference; Nha
Trang (Unit) Commanders Conference“Unpatriotic acts” statement
Westmoreland, William C. 9: 0726Urban areas
SVN—military forces in 13: 0104U.S. (general)
“commitment to the war” issue 4: 0439comparison with Vietnam 20: 0107involvement in Vietnam 19: 0060, 0126, 0462, 0805;
20: 0013, 0107, 0202, 0539, 0598; 21: 0813mission in SVN 9: 0336; 19: 0079objectives in SVN 10: 0298; 11: 0001; 15: 0476outline of involvement in SVN 18: 0382prosecution of the war 17: 0586, 0729purpose and mission 18: 0449
Valenti, Jack
The War in Vietnam68
purpose in SEA 8: 0961role in SVN 22: 0203
USARVcommand report 5: 0282general 5: 0959see also MACV
U.S.–GVN Council5: 0048
U.S. Information Service (USIS)MACV–USOM–USIS Provincial Report 3: 0349, 0608;
4: 0133, 0439USMACTHAI
general 5: 0282information 2: 0440
USMCChapman, Leonard F.—speech 15: 0170general 5: 0804; 6: 0140; 9: 0726Krulak, Victor 19: 0416Ninth MEB—deployment to Danang 4: 0439, 0640Ninth MEB—landing exercise 2: 0849operations in I Corps—LOI-4 6: 0001relations with ARVN 6: 0140III MAF 5: 0804Westmoreland and “Commandant of the Marine Corps”
statement controversy 12: 0132U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York
Clark, [?] 23: 0942Kennedy, John F.—graduation address 18: 0651; 23: 0633King, Edward L.—controversy 20: 0547MacArthur, Douglas—1953 address 23: 0327Westmoreland address 18: 0202
USOMMACV–USOM–USIS Provincial Report 3: 0349, 0608;
4: 0133, 0439USSR
foreign relations with U.S. 23: 0877international doctrine 23: 0393Khrushchev, Nikita 21: 0113; 23: 0393military strategy 20: 0347Stalin, Josef 23: 0411Stalinism—indictment of 23: 0411threat in Europe 24: 0143Zhukov, Marshal 23: 0367
U.S. v. HendersonSon My Incident 17: 0001
VValenti, Jack
19: 0219Vann, John Paul
1: 0465; 19: 0610The Vantage Point
16: 0058; 20: 0357; 23: 0537
see also Johnson, Lyndon B.Vanuxem, General
11: 0113VC
alleged Cambodian support of 6: 0596B-3 Front 11: 0747Cambodian sanctuaries 6: 0001impressions of, by David Halberstam 20: 0357infiltration 1: 0962; 2: 0027infrastructure (VCI) 10: 0924Match article on 4: 0133peace propaganda 12: 0627peace proposal 22: 0364photographs of 4: 0133radio intercept activities 6: 0869see also Enemy; Pike, Douglas; Tet Offensive (1968)
VeteransRVNAF—situation 10: 0802
Victoria Hotel, Saigonterrorist bombing 6: 0596
Vietnamcomparison with U.S. 20: 0107“federation” idea for Cambodia, Laos, and 1: 0785political settlement in 21: 0148
Vietnam: The War This WeekNBC war summary broadcast 14: 0788
Vietnamese Election Observer Group from U.S.11: 0001
Vietnamizationeffect of U.S. withdrawal on RVNAF 17: 0121general 16: 0549; 18: 0699; 19: 0079, 0672; 20: 0107,
0181; 21: 0148; 22: 0292; 23: 0036, 0040Easter Offensive (1972)—effect of, on 21: 0211Easter Offensive (1972)—test of 23: 0103, 0120
Vietnam Military AcademyRVN 7: 0498; 8: 0092; 9: 0118
Vietnam War (general)American homefront dissent 9: 0511Army Department fact sheets on 16: 0549Asian Parliamentarians’ Union declaration on the
12: 0132Ball, George W. 19: 0028bibliography 22: 0195Bunker, Ellsworth—on 15: 0607civilian conduct of the 21: 0534committee to critique the conduct of the war 15: 0170comparison of, to other wars 14: 0100conduct of 10: 0108; 17: 0586; 21: 0066; 22: 0203, 0258,
0284dissension in Johnson administration over 15: 0607effect of, on NVN 10: 0108effect of, on RVN economy 21: 0901general 19: 0714implications of 22: 0218
Vann, John Paul
69Papers of William C. Westmoreland
intensification of 18: 0382interview assessing effects of, on the Army 17: 0338Japan on 14: 0788Johnson, Lyndon B.—Vietnam War policy 16: 0058morality of 21: 0560nature of 20: 0700policies—prosecution of the 7: 0590progress and phases of Communist warfare 7: 0498progress of 11: 0939; 12: 0001, 0355; 18: 0250–0325,
0699; 22: 0271, 0697, 0777; 23: 0202prosecution of
criticism of 20: 0181general 19: 0685; 20: 0357, 0539; 23: 0537, 0647press on 8: 0373, 0772; 9: 0336, 0511
question and answer session on, with Westmoreland16: 0311
Questions and Answers on U.S. Involvement inVietnam 16: 0549
reaction to—press reports on 9: 0336responsibility for 23: 0851situation 8: 0581; 16: 0311, 0549; 18: 0106, 0440, 0723;
19: 0126–0193; 20: 0181; 21: 0267statistics 11: 0747support of 20: 0179“total war”—Westmoreland on 9: 0336views on
Baldwin, Hanson W. 19: 0708Goldwater, Barry 22: 0215Hackworth, David H. 17: 0001Halberstam, David 20: 0357Kissinger, Henry A. 22: 0410Reischauer, Edwin O. 21: 0143Ridgeway, Matthew 23: 0342Rusk, Dean 19: 0555Talmadge, Herman 19: 0588Taylor, Maxwell D. 19: 0592Walt, Lewis W. 19: 0622Weyand, Frederick 19: 0649
see also PressVinh Binh Province
military situation 22: 0248Vinh Loc
dismissal of 12: 0802Violence
see “Age of violence”VNAF
operations in the DMZ 13: 0759U.S. aircraft for 6: 0001, 0140see also Air operations
Vo Nguyen Giap23: 0216
Vung Tau, Phuoc Tuy Province8: 0581
WWages
SVN scales 9: 0726Walt, Lewis W.
general 19: 0622meeting with Westmoreland 7: 0590
WarClausewitz, Karl von 23: 0377law of 23: 0695, 1034The Nature of Revolutionary War 19: 0158“Peoples War” 20: 0008philosophy—Mao Tse-tung 23: 0506philosophy of 23: 0372and strategic studies 23: 0443“total war”—Westmoreland on 9: 0336and U.S. House of Representatives 23: 0849“wars of liberation” 23: 0393
War Comes to Long An20: 0593
War crimes issuegeneral 21: 0271, 0424, 0560Stanford War Crimes Study Group 21: 0424trials issue 21: 0248; 23: 1017see also Article 92; Son My Incident
Warfarecounterinsurgency 1: 0583; 4: 0283; 5: 0162, 0486, 0663;
19: 0281guerrilla 7: 0590, 0953; 16: 0151limited 21: 0037; 23: 0372
Warnke, Paul19: 0634
War policy (Vietnam)NVN 21: 0066U.S.
Bundy, McGeorge 15: 0170general 20: 0202Johnson, Lyndon B. 16: 0058national 13: 0375Nixon, Richard M. 22: 0410; 23: 0048, 0064
War powersU.S. presidential 19: 0592, 0672, 0737; 23: 0779, 0859,
0862War Zone C
enemy 6: 0356U.S.–ARVN operations in 8: 0001
Waterways, inlandpatrol plans and operations 2: 0027riverine force concept 6: 0140, 0356see also Riverine force
Weapons systemU.S. selection process 16: 0151
Westmoreland, William C.
The War in Vietnam70
Westmoreland, William C.accomplishments of, in RVN 21: 0420advice to successor 14: 0100appearance before Blue Ribbon Defense Panel 16: 0058appointment of 1: 0465April Consultations in Washington, D.C. 4: 0988Article 92 charge against 16: 0549assessment of the war 22: 0777biographical sketch 14: 0894“A Commander’s View of the War in Vietnam” 17: 0814communications behavior of 17: 0729“confidence in you” memo to, by Lyndon B. Johnson
13: 0001CSA appointment 13: 0515; 22: 0248CSA swearing-in remarks 15: 0019departure activities 14: 0100“Face the Nation” interview 22: 0410interviews
assessing effects of Vietnam War on the Army17: 0338
MacDonald, Charles B.—with 24: 0534–1111;25: 0001–0489
by S.L.A. Marshall 25: 0977with Steve Rowan 11: 0747
leadership question 10: 0298“Meet the Press” session with Ellsworth Bunker
11: 0747meetings; conversations; discussions with
Cao Van Vien 7: 0331; 8: 0772Duong Van Minh 3: 0205; 5: 0162Habib, Philip 6: 0596; 7: 0001LBJ 10: 0298Mansfield, Mike 11: 0113Nguyen Cao Ky 3: 0608; 7: 0092; 8: 0001, 0772;
11: 0113; 12: 0132Nguyen Huu Co 5: 0282, 0663, 0804Nguyen Khanh 2: 0440, 0741–0940; 3: 0349, 0608,
0783; 4: 0001, 0283, 0439Nguyen Van Thieu 5: 0048; 11: 0113Nixon, Richard 16: 0549
Sharp, U. S. G. 5: 0804Tran Van Minh 5: 0048Walt, Lewis W. 7: 0590
portrayal of situation in SVN 12: 0001press on possible replacement of 13: 0001press on relationship with McNamara 11: 0747progress on war 11: 0939public perception of 18: 0795question and answer session on Vietnam War situation
16: 0311; 17: 0338Report of the War in Vietnam 14: 0894
Westmoreland, William C. cont.statements; speeches; remarks
at Associated Press Luncheon 9: 0118Association of the U.S. Army 15: 0607assumption of command 2: 0590before Boys Nation Conference 15: 0170“Commandant of the Marine Corps” controversy
12: 0132Council of Foreign Relations—on “total war” 9: 0336farewell address 14: 0574general 25: 0977at Honolulu Press Club 7: 0331“hot pursuit” issue 12: 0132before Joint Congressional session (1967) 9: 0336;
18: 0001at LBJ Ranch 18: 0612“length of the war” issue 6: 0356National Press Club address 11: 0939“phaseout in two years” issue 12: 0001pre-Tet Offensive (1968) on progress of war 21: 0017before South Carolina General Assembly 9: 0118“unpatriotic acts” statement 9: 0726U.S. Military Academy, West Point 18: 0202at White House Conference of Governors 9: 0336Yale Law School Controversy 18: 0551, 0824
summary of Vietnam service 14: 0574three phases of insurgency 17: 0586visits
to CIDG–Special Forces camps 6: 0140, 0596; 7: 0092in-country 5: 0663to RVN 16: 0311; 17: 0338to Singapore 11: 0113to the U.S. 9: 0118, 0511; 11: 0747; 12: 0001; 22: 0777
West Point, New Yorksee U.S. Military Academy
Weyand, Frederick C.debriefing reports 15: 0170general 19: 0649
“What Businessmen Need to Know About the Student Left”24: 0373
Wheeler, Earle G.19: 0663
Why the North Vietnamese Keep Fighting20: 0506; 21: 0118
Wilson, Woodrow23: 0688
Wiretapping24: 0429
Westmoreland, William C. cont.
The Johnson Administration and Pacification in Vietnam:The Robert Komer–William Leonhart Files, 1966–1968
Records of the Military Assistance Command VietnamPart 1. The War in Vietnam, 1954–1973Part 2. Classified Studies from the Combined Intelligence
Center Vietnam, 1965–1973Part 3. Progress Reports on Pacification in South Vietnam, 1965–1973
Records of the U.S. marine Corps in the Vietnam WarPart 1. Fleet Marine Force, Pacific Command Histories, 1964–1973Part 2. III Marine Amphibious Force Command Histories, 1964–1971Part 3. Divisional Command Histories, 1965–1971
Transcripts and Files of the Paris Peace Talks onVietnam, 1968–1973
U.S. Armed Forces in Vietnam, 1954–1975Part One. Indochina StudiesPart Two. Vietnam: Lessons LearnedPart Three. Vietnam: Reports of U.S. Army OperationsPart Four. Vietnam: U.S. Army Senior Officer Debriefing Reports
U.S. Army Build-up and Activities in South Vietnam, 1965–1972
Vietnam: A Documentary CollectionRecords of the Westmoreland v. CBS case
VIETnam Documents and Research notes Series:Translation and Analysis of Significant Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Documents
The War in Vietnam: Classified Histories by theNaTional Security Council
The War in Vietnam: Papers of William C. WestmorelandPart I: History, Statements, and Clippings Files
University Publications of America
Vietnam War Research Collections from UPA